travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
recreational get-together
planning; project; plan; design
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to be entwined; to be involved
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
way of eating; how to eat
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching