fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (arch.) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to strike dead; to beat to death
array; muster; line-up; full force
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
one more time; once more; once again
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
conquest; domination; mastery
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
mission; delegation; transmission
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
piece; fragment; one (object)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love