compound note (on a harmonica)
spaghetti Napolitana; Italian spaghetti dish made with a tomato sauce
beauty regimen; beauty treatment; cosmetic technique
in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies
scattering; sprinkling; shaking
original content; collapsible container
performing music in the street; busking
action before words; work before talk
from outside; from the side
chattering; prattling; gooey; messy (from mud, ink, etc.)
mizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent
entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
being interested in somebody (only) for sex
to remember; to keep in mind
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
personal handy-phone system; PHS; low-powered mobile network system developed in Japan and once popular in parts of Asia
steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling
gospel (of Jesus); the Gospels; gospel (music)
to understand each other well; to relate to; to strike a sympathetic chord
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
(something) like that; that sort of; resembling; seemingly authentic; genuine-looking; realistic
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
living with one's parents; living at home
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
lack of relation (to); independence (of)