fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
dry Japanese confectionery; dry Japanese sweets
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
powdered sugar; icing sugar
red food coloring; red food colouring
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to mix; to blend; to combine
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
wooden form; wooden model; wooden pattern
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
amount of sugar; sugar content
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
intermission (between acts); interlude
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
princess; daughter of a nobleman
you're looking well; how lovely to see you; how wonderful to see you in such good spirits; farewell, and keep well; do take good care of yourself
while; during; performed in this condition
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge