outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
immediately; right away; on the spot
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
happy memory; sweet memory
to comfort; to console; to amuse
in terms of; from the point of view of
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
staying up all night; all-night vigil
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
watch store; watch shop; watchmaker
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
black lacquer; black-lacquered object; jet black
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
sword hilt; decorative hilt
four corners; crossroads; intersecting street; street corner
lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted; forlorn
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
author; writer; novelist; artist
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
all creation; all nature; all the universe
quiet and still; without sign of life
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
Sorai; Ogyū Sorai (1666-1728; Confucian scholar)
to move around; to move about; to get around