sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
being good at cooking; good cook
bento; Japanese box lunch
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
subjects of the examination
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
real thing; original; actual
talking while standing; standing around talking
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
stroke (of a racket, in swimming, etc.)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
ceasing to write; ceasing one's writing activities; retiring as a writer; putting down one's pen
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga