bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside; transportation from the mountains (e.g. of felled timber)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
sign; indication; trace; touch; feeling of
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
brewer; distiller; vintner
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof
counter for generations; epoch
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
harbor construction; man-made harbor
common gull (Larus canus); gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
boat; rowboat; rowing boat
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over