to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
such; this sort of; like this
maid; helper; help; assistance
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
home; household; family; hearth
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
nothing but; except; no more than
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
three; three years of age
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to some extent; to a certain extent
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...