easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
standing; reserve; always having ready
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid); to skim (a liquid)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
sampling food; tasting; trying
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
sweet and sour; bittersweet
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
dependent on luck; matter of luck
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
not yet seen; unseen; unacquainted; unknown
it's been a long time; long time no see
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial