mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
trivial; not amounting to much
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
being good at cooking; good cook
modesty; humility; being humble
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
on hand; readily available
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate