eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
apparent; obvious; very clear
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to get drunk; to become tipsy
baked pastry topped with a mix of custard and merengue
light brown; golden brown
caramelization; caramelized food
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
on the way back; returning
good feeling; feeling good
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
near; close; beside; third person
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
way of speaking; intimation
instead; but (on the other hand)
meeting; greeting; welcome
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong