heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
a long time ago; long before now
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if it's fine with you; if you don't mind; if necessary
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
middle of the night; dead of night
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
evening meal; dinner; supper
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
woman; female; feminine gender
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell