silence; stillness; quietness
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
-less; lacking; non-existing
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to be greedy; to devour greedily
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
line; queue; procession; matrix
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)