texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
(another's) daughter; young lady
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
strongish; somewhat strong
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
degree of familiarity; popularity
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
program (e.g. TV); programme
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
eating quickly; speed-eating
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
candy made from wheat gluten; wheat-gluten snack
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder