ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
the touch of; feel of; texture
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
for use of customers or guests
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
full of ingredients; hearty; substantial
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break