burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
great joy; delight; jubilation
for a while; for some time; for a period
buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
large amount of money; great cost
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up