deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
rest; break; recess; intermission
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
one by one; one each; one at a time
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
festival; feast; carnival
school festival; campus festival
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
street stall; stand; booth
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate