cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
two (long cylindrical things)
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
sense of smell; olfaction
taste; palate; sense of taste
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
not caring; not giving a damn
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
several types; several kinds; several species
seasoning; flavour; flavor
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement