ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
best regards; please take care of; please do
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
protection against wind; windbreak
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
sneeze; spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
six (long cylindrical things)
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
will not do; do not; does not
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
hieroglyphics; type of character representing pictures
succession; accession; inheritance
food and (alcoholic) drink
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
unable to resist; unable to suppress
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
appearance; air; mien; getup
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
rubbish heap; garbage dump
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat