warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
(small crunchy) dried sardines
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
family-oriented; familial
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
bento; Japanese box lunch
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
factory; plant; mill; workshop
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to set up shop; to open a store
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
bento; Japanese box lunch
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
means; way; method; measure
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature