skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
preparation; arrangements
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
great popularity; sensation; good reputation
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
house playwright (of kabuki)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
in case of; at that time; at this time
descendant; posterity; offspring
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
well-cooked; well-done; browned
jealousy; roasted rice cake
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
alone; by oneself; on one's own
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
Maki Izumi (1813.4.7-1864.8.22)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster