confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
cake served with tea; teacake
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
troubled face; worried expression
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
close; intimate; on good terms
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
as before; as ever; as it was originally
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
to be powered on; to be turned on
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
distortion; falsification; perversion
calculation; estimation; computation
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)