handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
just past noon; afternoon
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
selling out; being sold out
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
be (that) as it may; having said that
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
of no interest; not interested
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
sour look; surly face; pout
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
to differ; to vary; to disagree
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling