tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
decision; determination; resolution
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
to press against each other; to huddle together
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
eating between meals; snacking
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
all you want; as much as one wants
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
accurate; correct; precise; exact
woman; lady; adult female
old rice; rice remaining from the previous year's harvest
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)