Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
fish pickled in sweet Kyoto-style miso
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
Kyoto vegetables; vegetables traditionally grown in and around Kyoto
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
old maid; frump; hag; old woman
Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara
Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
retort; back talk; backchat
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
sorry; excuse me; thank you
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl