hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
takoyaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds)
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
natto (fermented soybeans)
how; in what way; how about
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
daihinmin; daifugō; Japanese card game similar to President
late at night; at a late hour
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
riskiness; (level of) danger
first shrine visit of New Year
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
prayer (for something); supplication
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
neat and clean; tidy; trim