mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
than; other than; except; but
true character; real nature
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
Ebisu Yoshikazu (1947.10-)
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
chicken and scallion skewer
mockery; derision; ridicule
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
Mercury (Roman god); Mercury (planet); mercury (Hg)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
resonance; sympathetic vibration