dealing with; coping with
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
no problem; it doesn't matter
there; over there; that place; that far; that much; that point
how many times; how often
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
local specialty; special product (of a region)
vibration; vibrato; trill
point of departure; initial point; starting point
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
archeologist; archaeologist
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
to go underground; to go into hiding
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)
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine