exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
to speak ill of; to disparage
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to get angry; to become perverse
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
(political) power; authority; influence
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
complete stranger; total stranger
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
classification; categorization; sorting
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
automatic; intransitive verb
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story