another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
sweet and sour; bittersweet
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
Sachertorte; chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to head home; to leave for home
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down