(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
critical year in one's life; inauspicious year
pickle on a stick (usually a cucumber)
gochujang (Korean red chili paste)
dog apparition; fantastic dog-like creature
labor; labour; toil; hardship
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean
bibimbap (Korean rice dish)
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
namul (Korean dishes consisting of seasoned vegetables)
in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
interviewee; subject of an interview
preheat (oven, etc.); warm up (engine, etc.)
reading of a kanji by meaning
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat
creaminess; cream-like consistency
sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada
homekeeping; housekeeping; housewifery
hot summer day; day on which the temperature reaches at least 25 degrees Celsius
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
mizu yōkan; soft adzuki-bean jelly
English letter; alphabetic character
genius; prodigy; natural gift
(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil
Nephila clavata (an Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider); Argiope amoena (an Oriental species of orb-weaving spider); wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster