Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
creamy (in flavor or texture)
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
all; entire; whole; altogether
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
only; merely; but; no more than
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
seriously delicious; very skillful; proficient
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
riverside; edge of a river
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to put someone to work; to make someone work
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
no!; no no!; no, not at all
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest