to keep (a person) waiting
bowl; pot; (plant) pot; flowerpot; crown (of the head); skull
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
after a long time; for the first time in a while
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
have a good day; take care; see you
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
shoji (paper sliding door)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
hello; good day; good afternoon
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
cheek rouge; blusher; blush
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
Buddhist (household) altar
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
jellied dessert (e.g. yōkan); sweets with a high moisture content; fruit
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
three; three years of age
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
brand; make; description; trading name (on a stock exchange); issue; security