appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
tōbanyaki; meat, seafood, etc. roasted on a ceramic plate
cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
last soup served in a kaiseki course (often miso soup)
jellied dessert (e.g. yōkan); sweets with a high moisture content; fruit
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
warabimochi; sweet dumpling made from bracken starch
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
matcha; powdered green tea
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
great joy; delight; jubilation
radiant smile; contented smile
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
threat; intimidation; menace
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble