heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
(United States of) America; USA
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to repeat; to do over again
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
courteous; decorous; polite
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
beginning; outset; first; onset
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket