middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to like; to love; to be fond of
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
natto (fermented soybeans)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
environment; circumstance
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
vague recollection; faint memory
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)