bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
bento; Japanese box lunch
breath; breathing; tone; mood
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to be too numerous; to be too much
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
thing; person; situation; fox
estimate (of costs); budget
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
such; like that; that sort of; very
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)