dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
intelligence gathering; information gathering
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
rest; break; recess; intermission
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
other than; excluding; without
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
without eating or drinking
no sleep or rest; working day and night
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to become bright; to become clear
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to thrust away; to send flying
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away