very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
small brazier; hand-warmer
Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
Western food; Western-style food
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to push away; to push aside; to shove
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
story; tale; talk; discussion
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
how; in what way; how about; questionable
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo)
poetic style typical of Man'yōshū
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")