potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
non-alcoholic; alcohol-free
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
rounding (fractions); rounding half up
animal (in nature); animal (in origin)
religious painting; religious picture
armor and helmet (armour)
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
raw materials; ingredients
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
un-; non-; negative prefix
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
what sort of; what kind of; what way
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest