fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
reconciliation; make peace with
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to grant a person a moment
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
Japan's best; number one in Japan
sake made without added alcohol or sugar
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)