(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
two (long cylindrical things)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to triumph; to be elated with success
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
near oneself; close to one; familiar
offender; criminal; culprit
each place; various places
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
no regrets; without regrets
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)