loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root
Italian-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
to read (a person's) physiognomy
letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples
discrimination against women; female discrimination
Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
debt collector; bill collector; repo man
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
consultation; consulting; consul
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
800,000; eight hundred thousand
gross; disgusting; sickening
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
thickly; stickily; viscously
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
marshy rice field or paddy
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
exorcism rite; purification
restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
outrageous lie; outright lie
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
debt collection; debt collector
to settle (in a place); to settle down
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation