to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
a little bit; a little while
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
daily food; regular diet; staple food
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
longed-for; anxiously awaited
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
yearned for; longed for; missed
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
staying the night; lodging (at)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
way of speaking; intimation
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain