truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
but; however; provided that
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
your highness; your grace; your eminence
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
natto (fermented soybeans)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
something like ...; something called ...
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
suffix appended to someone else's family members
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
resentment; indignation; anger
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
dietetics; nutritional science