fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
prime minister's official residence
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
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)
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
Minister for Foreign Affairs
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)