earnestly; intently; attentively; wholeheartedly
Chelicerata; suborder comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs
meeting of the stars Vega and Altair (on the night of Tanabata); meeting of the two love stars
melt-in-the-mouth feeling
naked person (esp. child)
Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)
author unknown; anonymous
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
food tray (used in the food industry)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter
Uji-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated around Uji, Kyoto
the heat of food just after cooking
pre-ejaculate; pre-ejaculatory fluid; Cowper's fluid; pre-cum
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
offering something free as a promotion
fast asleep; dead to the world
Minister of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
difficult to eat; unpalatable
Japanese sweet eaten with koicha
dizziness caused by prolonged hot bath
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
vintage awamori; awamori aged in cask for at least three years
high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
judge (of literary contests)
the direction of the wind; circumstances
to set at naught; to ignore; to disregard
very young bride; child bride; childish wife
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste