predicament; difficult situation
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
to scrape off; to shave off
earthenware baking pan; parching pan; form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)
Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed); dried nori; dried laver
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
even so; anyhow; at any rate
autumn eggplant; eggplant picked eaten in the autumn
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
black rockfish (Sebastes inermis); darkbanded rockfish
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to be immersed; to be pickled
people; citizens; subjects; folk
rope; cord; policeman's rope
standing tree; standing timber
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
don't you think?; indicates question
whole summer; summer long
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much