important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
redoing; doing over again
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
firmly; solidly; heartily
both hands; both arms; ten
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to repeat; to do over again
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely