exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
mixed miso (e.g. white and red)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
potato chips; potato crisps
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
instant yakisoba in a cup
instant noodles sold in soft plastic packaging
curry in a pouch; retort-pouch curry
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
salted cod roe flavored with red pepper
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
public announcement; official notice; edict
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
amazake; sweet drink made from fermented rice or sake lees
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
(explanatory) diagram; illustration
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
quickly; swishing; whooshing
carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink; baking soda; sodium carbonate
bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching