sound (of a sentence); euphony
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
rhyming game; play on words; pun
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
in advance; beforehand; previously
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
all right; very well; okay; I got it
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
meeting; greeting; welcome
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove