Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
large family; extended family
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
neglecting; leaving alone
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
watchman (implies low rank or burakumin status)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system)
overnight guest; house guest
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
woman; lady; adult female
how many people; a number of people
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike