Japanese apricot and shiso
deep-fried horse mackerel
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
... years old; age (of) ...
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
outcast; odd man out; pariah
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
full view; plain sight; completely visible
red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy
food simmered in cream; creamed dish; fricasee
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
longing for others; wanting company
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
applying heat to an empty pan to remove its anti-rust coating; blind-baking; baking a pie crust, tart shell, etc. before adding a filling
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
meteor; shooting star; falling star
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies