grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
now that; since; as long as; provided that
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
sour cocktail (oft. carbonated); sour (taste)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
barber; barbershop; barber shop
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
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
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
Nagano (city, prefecture)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
time; season; period; phase; stage
when it becomes; when it comes to
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
every year; yearly; annually
first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
since when; from when; how long
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
sixth day of the month; six days
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
preference; priority; precedence
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
to be able to manage somehow or another
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
like; similar to; as with; in the same way