innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
piling up; multiple layers
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to recollect; to remember; to imagine; to guess; (arch.) to admire (e.g. beauty); (arch.) to praise
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
autumn, the harvest season
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
in history; ever; historical
unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
end of term; end of semester
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
cheap everyday food that most people enjoy (e.g. ramen, curry); eating cheap delicious food; person who seeks out cheap delicious food
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
pleasantly chewy (esp. noodles); having a good bite; firm and elastic; having body (esp. hair); springy and resilient; full-bodied (e.g. sound)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness