café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
family; relatives; dependents; household
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
such a thing; something like that
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
each house; every house; house to house; door to door
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up