juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
central part; heart (of a city)
insecticide; insect repellent
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
The Decameron; Il Decamerone
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
eighth day of the month; eight days
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to have an uneasy conscience
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
sternum; breastplate; plastron
accompanied by a man; accompanied by men
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
courting; wooing; making advances
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
wounded person; injured person
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
touting; tout; barker; pander
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry