nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
covered with; stained; smeared
like this; this sort; this way
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
serious; not joking; straight
strict order; peremptory command
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
four-legged tray for festive food
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province