safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet
item; article; dish; course; finest item
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
Kyoto vegetables; vegetables traditionally grown in and around Kyoto
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
London Paddington station
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift