wish; desire; request; prayer
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
cooking; food preparation
fly (ball); fly (lure); fly (insect)
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
thank you for your continued patronage
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on
very good luck; excellent fortune
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
co-sleeping; sleeping together
free (of charge); gratuitous
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
kanji (as opposed to kana); original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives
this; our; right; justice; checking account
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
in a drenched manner; moistly; affectionately; fondly; slowly; at ease
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus); (arch.) partridge (of genus Perdix)
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
main text; original text; this book; this volume
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
to become fluffy; to become fuzzy; to become nappy; to become rough; to become frayed
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
to be sooty; to be stained
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
Japanese (people, language, style)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze