smorgasbord; all-you-can-eat buffet
extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
meal consisting of soup, rice and three dishes (esp. namasu, nimono and yakimono)
license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
Kinoshita Toukichirō (1920.3.25-)
germ; germs; bacteria; something harmful; vermin
Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537-1597.10.9), Shougun 1568-1573
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice
something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel
Imperial Hotel (in Tokyo)
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
unbroken; endless; continuous
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
considerably; fairly; quite
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
bonus; bounty; reward; compensation
local specialty; local special dish
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
unification of the whole country
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
haughty; holding one's head high
unique thing; best on earth
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
green light; (giving) permission; OK
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding