delicious flavor; superb taste
butter candy (Hokkaido specialty)
mantou; (Chinese) steamed bun
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
geographical dictionary; gazetteer
sashimi with skin still attached
to lean to one side; to oppose; to look aside; to regret
writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy
triple jump; hop, step and jump
mail system; postal service; postal system; post
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
seats reserved for guests
rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
head banging (esp. in popular music)
pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)
public talk; panel session; round-table discussion
negative campaign; mudslinging
tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)
baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants
arm wrestling; to arm wrestle
to come to an end; to close the curtain
regular drinking; habitual drinking
popular line (of goods); products predicted to sell well
lottery run by a temple or shrine
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to let cry; to grieve
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
formative experience (from one's youth)
talk about various topics
the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions)
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline