rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
family; members of a family
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
at first; in the beginning; originally
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
hello; good day; good afternoon
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
showcase; display case; vitrine
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
conviction; belief; confidence
it is not (like that) either
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to be silent; to say nothing
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful