serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
both; both sides; both parties
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
loveable; very likeable; like very much
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
imported article; imported goods
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport