potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
glutinous rice flour; sticky rice flour
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort; mugwort rice cake
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
outcast; odd man out; pariah
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
review (of learned material); revision
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
as if it weren't already enough; to an extreme degree; to excess; more than enough
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
broth left over after boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc.; stock
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
housing district; residential district
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
inner-city area; city center
factory; plant; mill; workshop
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted