salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
paella (Spanish rice dish)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
whistle (sound made with the lips)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
Son of God; child of an emperor
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
hachiya (variety of astringent Japanese persimmon)
dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste
castella (type of sponge cake)
fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to do together; to share; to participate in
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
threat; intimidation; menace
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to have a talk; to tell a story
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary