obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
first meeting; first interview with
overestimation; overvaluing
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
you; (arch.) your residence
overhasty; rash; premature
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
self-defense; self-defence
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
rice polishing; polished rice
nutritional value; food value
(United States of) America; USA
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
to have an eye on; to zero in on
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
matcha; powdered green tea
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste