taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
blond hair ("kinpatsu" read backwards)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
burlesque; low comedy; farce
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
to order; to command; to appoint
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
perestroika (USSR reform movement)
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony