umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to mix; to stir; to blend
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant
creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
to attempt; to test; to try out
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers
10,000,000,000; ten billion
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage