unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
first month of the lunar calendar; January
to be ready-made; to become intimate with
chief; main; principal; important
rice polishing; polished rice
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
word one must not say (in a particular situation, place, etc.); taboo word; banned word; forbidden word; prohibited word
to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
soy sauce flavoured with grated wasabi (used for sashimi, etc.)
karamimochi; mochi topped with grated daikon, soy sauce, etc.
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
bite-sized morsels wrapped in nori
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
February; second month of the lunar calendar
finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
14th day of the month; 14 days
sphere; circle; range; category
import; importation; introduction; afferent
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression