comfort; consolation; diversion
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
udon served in a pot with broth
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
conscious; deliberate; intentional
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to serve; to work for; to attend
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
common people; ordinary people; masses
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)