clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
pickled wasabi; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
lidded pottery or receptacle
daily rate; (day-by-day) schedule; program
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
grill or grate for toasting rice cakes
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
sacred wine; sacred sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
charcoal; charred remains
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
Japan and the Philippines; Japanese-Filipino
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
to push away; to push aside; to shove
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
lowly people (Edo period); eta
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
simmering; (boiling) gently
tiny area; tiny surface; (lit.) cat's forehead
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
(large) building; public building; hall
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
events of the day; current affairs
plain wood; unfinished woodwork