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
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
smiley (face made up of characters); emoticon
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
Citizens' Band; CB (radio); convertible bond; chronic bronchitis; chemical and biological (weapons); center back; community business
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
north wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
exhaust sound; exhaust note
quarrel; trouble; dispute
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)
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
array; muster; line-up; full force
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
(turned out) all right in the end
interest (in something); enthusiasm
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)