favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
every year; yearly; annually
to take over; to hand over
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
sender; source (of a transmission, e.g. email)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
homecoming; returning home