inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)
(arch.) well then, (shall we); (arch.) well then, (I'll); goodbye
common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)
revealing talk; insider talk; inside story
commuter pass container; holder for a season ticket
to ride past; to miss one's stop (train, bus, etc.)
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
National Center Test for University Admissions
to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; (lit.) to invoke a storm
living together (with one more person)
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
best article under heaven; peerless
loved one; lover; sweetheart
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); general education curriculum
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
is never the case; has never happened
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
frequent; densely packed; thick