manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling
steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
xiaolongbao (eastern Chinese steamed bun); soup dumpling
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
tofu pudding; soybean pudding
outside the city; suburbs
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
common reed (Phragmites australis)
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest
branch office; branch store
attraction; lure; invitation
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
strong point; selling point; forte; specialty; attraction
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
spread; span; expanse; extent
amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
in public; in company; in the presence of others
ardent; passionate; vehement
all-time high (price, in trading); record high; new high
garden (esp. with trees); park
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy; lackadaisical; crude
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
special radio or television programme; television special
ice pop; icy pole; popsicle; ice lolly