apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
mille-feuille (type of pastry)
tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
gem; jewel; precious stone
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to give the stamp of approval
financier (type of pastry)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
caramel (browned sugar used as flavouring)
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
interior design; interior; upholstery
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
taste; palate; sense of taste
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
interruption; interference; butting in
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
to grimace; to make a wry face
to be perturbed; to be agitated
social life; social intercourse
most of all; extremely; supremely
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
composed expression; clear face