stone (used for throwing)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
rising tide; incoming tide; flood tide; surge (in popularity, power, etc.); upswing
lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light
to entwine; to follow about
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
way of eating; how to eat
several times (as large, over)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
January; first month of the lunar calendar
February; second month of the lunar calendar
charcoal; charred remains
grated daikon; daikon grater
(edible) greens; leafy greens; vegetables
to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to pluck (usually from a tree); to pick (e.g. apples)
introduction of poems at a poetry party
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
clear; distinct; evident; definite
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
hand luggage; hand baggage
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
episode; anecdote; vignette
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure