to visit frequently; to call on frequently
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
grated daikon; daikon grater
conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable
(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 wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
to pluck (esp. by twisting 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
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
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; episode
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
blur; (color) bleed; bleeding; running (e.g. of paint)
queen; queen; queen (chess piece)
rolling (of a ship, etc.); rolling (start, plan, etc.); illegal street racing
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)