machine translation; automatic translation; MT
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to lay aside; to set aside
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
restaurant with only set meals
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
natto (fermented soybeans)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre