admiration and devotion; hearty submission
rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu
easy; simple; handy; quick; effortless
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to put on airs; to affect (e.g. importance); to look wise
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
we (esp. used by merchants, etc.); my store; my shop
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
upper part; upper region; region above
to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
travelling on foot; journeying on foot; hiking; riding on shank's pony
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
shachihoko; shachi; mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish; roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
depending on; dependent on
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
custom; habit; customary practice
to fret (esp. of a young child); to be fretful; to be peevish
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)