sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
settlement; permanent residency
Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
trifling matter; urination; urine
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
galvanized sheet iron; galvanised sheet iron
to settle (in a place); to settle down
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
ugly woman; unattractive woman
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta