fudegaki (variety of sweet Japanese persimmon)
four-wheeled light vehicle
petty swindling; petty swindler
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
to be on the right track; to be close enough
stubbornness; pigheaded person; miser
chef-owner; chef and owner
chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice
shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
basic mistake; careless mistake
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac
recital; recitation; public reading
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
old hag; old woman; old bat
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
haughty; holding one's head high
nonprosecution; nonindictment
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
title deed; certificate of title
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)