thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
rice covered with grated yam
thick wakame leaves from near the stem
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
set meal; special (of the day)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
rather than; more ... than ...
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily
service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
meat, fish or vegetables preserved in miso; preserving in miso
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
lightly pickled vegetables
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
flat and smooth; unchanging; featureless; noppera-bō; humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face