green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
canned tuna (from sea chicken, orig. a brand name)
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
sharp sighted; easily awakened
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
genuine article; real thing; real deal
(food) coloring; pigment; dye; coloring agent
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
secret; private; surreptitious
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to tighten; to press hard
flying bird; soaring bird
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)