digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
light; lamp; baiting deer with a lighted torch
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet
item; article; dish; course; finest item
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); conger eel; garden eel
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
Kyoto vegetables; vegetables traditionally grown in and around Kyoto
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
migration; move; emigration; immigration
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
London Paddington station
Paddington (London); Paddington (Bear); Paddington (2014 film)
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
sherbet (frozen dessert); sorbet
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant