people; citizens; subjects; folk
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
fried mochi covered in soy sauce and wrapped in nori
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun
sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival
Japanese (people, language, style)
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
perpetuation of one's descendants
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
best regards; please take care of; please do
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for