to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
blini; bliny; buckwheat flour pancakes (usu. served with sour cream)
Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production
good evening (greeting, e.g. in emails sent in the evening)
era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi
to surge (water or waves)
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
butter rice; buttered rice
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
small apartment rented by the week
miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool