to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services
passage; path; route; one's way
to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
salted entrails of a sea cucumber; salted entrails of a trepang
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
shedding tears; lacrimation
to sob; to be choked with tears
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
illegitimate child; secret love child
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
business rival; professional jealousy
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
chief; main; principal; major
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to get someone to say; to make someone say
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate