party; set; gang; company; person
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
hello; good day; good afternoon
investigation into historical evidence; study of historical artifacts
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
yellow and white; gold and silver; bribery; corruption
cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
Artiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
about; concerning; related to; -ish
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly
yose; end game; last stage of a game; gathering; collecting; coming together
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever