establishment (of a business); founding
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
cooking; food preparation
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
your husband; her husband
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
connection; link; relationship
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
wherein; therein; thereinto
natto (fermented soybeans)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
frequency (of occurrence)