baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
white bean jam; sweet white bean paste
follow-up survey; tracing survey; contact tracing (of an infectious disease)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
any red algae in the family Gelidiaceae (esp. Gelidium crinale)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
several times; a few times
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
melting; fusion; liquefaction
mixture of boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
firmly rooted; deep-seated
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
being superstitious; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
swordtip squid (Uroteuthis edulis)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana); oval squid
Island; insula; island; islet
high-quality goods; luxury item