fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
picture painted with oil paint (esp. a landscape mural in a public bath)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
ugly (of a person); plain; unattractive; (arch.) lacking ability; (arch.) incompetent
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
the same grade; same class
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
girl; lass; young thing; chick
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
inattention; absent-mindedness
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
practice; practising; training; study
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about