to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
while; even though; despite
general; popular; common; typical
Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept