one night; all night; overnight; one evening
relation; connection; relevance
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
cake or snack served with tea
warabimochi; sweet dumpling made from bracken starch
beautiful; good; excellent
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
Catholic; Catholicism; Catholic Church
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
(dead) body; corpse; remains
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to surge; to well up; to gush out
prohibition; inhibition; ban
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
cooking class; cookery school
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)