flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
apologies for the crude food
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
dishwashing; doing dishes
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
first year of high school; first-year high school student
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
vocational school; technical school
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
future (usually near); prospects
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
exclusive; attached to; specialist
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to grow up; to become an adult
to employ; to hire; to charter
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)