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dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food

4

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

9

lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter

4

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

city that never sleeps

1

Nile (river)

1

salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

6

enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads

1

katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito

1

cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)

1

narrator

1

to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

1

duckweed; rootless person; wanderer

1

imperial visit

23

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up

1

ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it

1

south entrance; south exit

1

regular customer; valued client

1

Rumi

5

to search for; to seek for; to look for

1

musical composition title; song title

1

just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)

1

karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines

1

announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter

2

passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary

1

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

1

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

hostess; barmaid

1

plover

3

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

leading figure; influential figure; mogul

1

wall clock; grandfather clock

2

(speak) bluntly; frankly

1

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

3

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

1

kidney

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

1

rainbow

1

miso soup

1

business hours; opening hours; office hours

1

considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive

1

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

6

remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively

1

salt; salt content

3

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

1

soy sauce; shoyu

3

neon (Ne)

1