serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
large build; large pattern
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
half-sibling (with a different mother)
foreign cinema; foreign film; a foreign movie
instead; but (on the other hand)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
kindness; intimacy; friendship
future (usually near); prospects
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
to cut off; to lop off; to prune