boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
right under; directly below
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
hook (high point of a song); chorus
it's been a long time; long time no see
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh