Perfecting Japan's Seasonal Sweets Through Six Generations

入る

To enter, to go into; to break into; to join, to enroll; to contain, to hold, to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get, to receive, to score

美味しい

Delicious, tasty, sweet

追求

Pursuing (goal), pursuit, seeking, search; to pursue (e.g. goal), to seek

例えば

For example, e.g

お菓子

Confections, sweets, candy

花

Flower, blossom, bloom, petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; japanese playing cards; (the) best

筏

Raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki

思う

To think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember

表現

Expression, presentation; representation, notation

お菓子

Confections, sweets, candy

仕事

Work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task; work

私

I, me

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..

者

Person

経営

Management, administration

五

Five

名前

Name, full name; given name, first name

私

I, me

屋

(something) shop; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

上

From the standpoint of, as a matter of (e.g. fact), in the field of, being of the type of; aboard (a ship or vehicle), on top of, on, above; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality, best, top, high class; going up; governmental, imperial; presenting, showing; ana- (medical, biol.)

商品

Commodity, article of commerce, goods, stock, merchandise

主力

Main force, chief object, mainline

生菓子

Fresh japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)

日本

Japan

伝統

Tradition, convention

的

Mark, target

お菓子

Confections, sweets, candy

古来

From time immemorial, ancient, time-honoured, time-honored

和菓子

Wagashi, traditional japanese confectionery

和

Sum; harmony, peace; japan, japanese-style

甘い

Sweet-tasting, sweet, sugary, sugared; fragrant (smelling), sweet (music); lightly salted, light in salt, not spicy; naive, overly optimistic, soft on, generous, indulgent, easy-going, lenient; half-hearted, not finished properly; insufficient, not satisfactory, inadequate, loose; mild; tempting, enticing, luring

和菓子

Wagashi, traditional japanese confectionery

控える

To be temperate in, to refrain, to abstain, to hold back, to restrain oneself from excessive ..; to make notes, to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for, to be in waiting for; to be soon, to be in the offing; to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

素材

Raw materials, subject matter

豆

Legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.), beans, peas; soya bean (soybean), soy (glycine max); female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; miniature, tiny; child

美味しい

Delicious, tasty, sweet

手

Hand, arm; forepaw, foreleg; handle; hand, worker, help; trouble, care, effort; means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship; hand, handwriting; kind, type, sort; one''s hands, one''s possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

小豆

Adzuki beans

白あん

White bean jam, sweet white bean paste

季節

Season

どんどん

Drumming (noise); rapidly, steadily

折々

Occasionally

季節

Season

表す

To express, to show

例えば

For example, e.g

梅

Japanese apricot (prunus mume), chinese plum; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

今

The current ..., this; today''s ..

花

Flower, blossom, bloom, petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; japanese playing cards; (the) best

子

First sign of chinese zodiac (the rat, 11pm-1am, north, november)

花

Flower, blossom, bloom, petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; japanese playing cards; (the) best

水仙

Daffodil (esp. narcissus tazetta var. chinensis), narcissus

椿

Common camellia, camellia japonica; tea produced in the mountains

書く

To write, to compose, to pen; to draw, to paint

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

本

Book, volume, script; this, present; main, head; real, regular; counter for long cylindrical things, counter for films, tv shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls

写す

To transcribe, to duplicate, to reproduce, to imitate, to trace; to describe; to film, to picture, to photograph

当時

At that time, in those days

使う

To use (a thing, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.), to employ, to handle, to manage, to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.), to spend, to consume; to use (language), to speak