door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
hinged bamboo water cup or trough, which makes a percussive sound periodically as it tips over
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
island in a pond or river
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
pursuing a potential customer (esp. in real estate)
pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
second (unit of time); arc second
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
god of fortune; god of wealth
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to leave of one's own accord
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely