bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
grandfather; male senior-citizen
birthday party; birthday meet-up
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to repeat; to do something over again
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn