standby; preparation; arrangement
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to put into the mouth; to eat
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
composite image; photomontage; photoshopped image
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
social; societal; societary
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
lazy; idle; indolence; laziness; sloth
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field
to listen to in an ecstasy
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
in the morning; during the morning
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite