granulated sugar; brown sugar
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
living together (with one more person)
be (that) as it may; having said that
hard worker; hardworking person
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
difficult to ...; hard to ...
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
sales; selling; marketing
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to jump up and down; to hop
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
difficult to eat; unpalatable
bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
mizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly