thin soy sauce; light soy sauce
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
rich (taste); dark-coloured; thick; dark soy sauce
ahead; before; the future
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
magic lantern; slide projector
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
(medical) decoction; infusion
about here; in this neighborhood
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat
to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
incommunicative; taciturn
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
love affair; sensual pleasures
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury