preserved food boiled in soy
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
dish consisting of fried potatoes, bacon and onion
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
contradiction; inconsistency
solution; solution strategy
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
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)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
those (near the second person)
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
but; however; provided that
Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to