sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
useless resistance; vain struggle
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
Italian food; Italian cooking
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?