memories; recollections; reminiscence
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
only; merely; but; no more than
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
if you think about it; come to think of it
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)