to cook (food); to manage well; to handle well
returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
Man'en era (1860.3.18-1861.2.19)
present time; now; nowadays
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin
knowledge applied to evil purposes
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
father of one's country; father of the nation
to be extremely dangerous
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
I don't like it; I hate it
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
order (for an item); request; demand; condition