friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
good young man; agreeable youth
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; hanger-on; follower; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack
deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
to become hoarse; to become husky
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
street; quarter; district; area
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
good time to make a profit; most profitable season; peak time