foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
shellfish; seashell; shell
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
technique; art; skill; move
mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
difficult breathing; heavy breathing; gasping
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
mountain road; mountain trail
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
rikka; formal style of ikebana
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
whole day and night; 24 hours
without eating or drinking
the reason is ...; it is because ...
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
suddenly (esp. falling); dramatically
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
to invite in; to usher in
night watch; night guard; night shift
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)