rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu
looking aside; looking away (e.g. while driving); looking the other way
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
red-lacquered sword sheath
to make merry; to be festive
a step; short distance; short time
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
unexpected meeting; coincidence
how many years; how long; what year
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
an age (ago); a long time (ago); a decade (ago)
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
selling off cheaply (e.g. books); selling below cost price; dumping
leather-soled sandals (geta)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
one grain; one drop; one bead
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to be conspicuous; to stand out
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback