to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
just-harvested; freshly picked; freshly caught (fish); fresh
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
food made from flour (esp. dishes like okonomiyaki and takoyaki)
principal raw material; main raw material
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to boil down sake, mirin, etc. to reduce the alcohol content
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
obi and cord fasteners (for a kimono)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
festival game in which players scoop up bouncy balls floating in water
agemochi; deep-fried rice cake
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
street stall; stand; booth
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
just one person; only one
success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity
turning away from; shift away from; being far removed from; being very different from; becoming independent of
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
every single word and phrase; word by word
pleasure; delight; enjoyment; rapid (train)
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity