four-legged tray for festive food
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
excuse me! (when calling out to someone); right?; don't you agree?
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
taking a hot bath; bathing at hot springs
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
back country; remote countryside
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
other than; excluding; without
(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
serious look (on one's face); straight face
colour; color; hue; tints
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
the same; the said; likewise
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
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