to freeze; to refrigerate
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
interested person; volunteer; supporter
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
ōban-yaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; (lit.) tortoise-shell candy
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
difficult to eat; unpalatable
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
weird; disgusting; sickening
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
red cloth; red background
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
concession; conciliation; compromise
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
to be flexible; to be accommodating