soft serve ice cream (icecream)
preserved food boiled in soy
unscented; non-scented; fragrance-free; unflavoured
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
millet dough cake; millet mochi
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
worst-ever; history's worst
curry manjū; steamed yeast bun with a curry sauce filling
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
problematical statement; controversial statement
sincerity; true heart; devotion
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help