sampling food; tasting; trying
new menu item; new dish on a menu
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
hemostatic agent (haemostatic); styptic
cosmetics; toilet articles
without permission; without notice
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
take-out; take-away; carry-out
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
cooking; food preparation
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
selling out; being sold out
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
voice dramatization on CD (usu. based on manga, anime, etc.)
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
contamination (esp. foreign bodies in food)
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
expression of love; showing love
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history