housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
classification; categorization; sorting
freshly pounded (rice cake)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
base (military, expedition, etc.)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
jealousy; roasted rice cake
seashore; beach; food wrapped in nori
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
(social) position; status
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
mashed boiled green soybeans
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll