highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
mountain hamlet; mountain village
mountain stream; mountain torrent
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
the other day; a few days ago
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
too much; excessively; too
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
lottery run by a temple or shrine
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to redeem; to take out of pawn; to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
second-hand shop; curio shop
coloured paper; colored paper
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to palm off; to force a sale