to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
link; directory entry; rink
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
innocent; cherubic; childlike
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
a little bit; a little while
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
down jacket; quilted down coat
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
mochikinchaku; glutinous rice in a pouch of fried tofu, used in oden
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
electric noticeboard; electric scoreboard; electric bulletin board
suspension (of a transportation service); cancellation; stoppage
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
aim; goal; prospect; outlook