dish dressed with sesame sauce
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions
preserved food boiled in soy
edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
stomachic; stomach medicine
boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso
paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
square-shaped collar (of some traditional Japanese clothing)
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
very wealthy person; millionaire
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
three kinds; three varieties
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
starchiness; starchy; farinaceous
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
cereal diet; grain-eating
race (of people); type of person
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
fourth day of the month; four days