silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)
Watanabe Kouji (1928.7.14-)
boiled fish-paste products
Kitaooji Rosanjin (1883.3.23-1959.12.21)
Kudou Shunsaku (1960.8.28-)
satsuma-age; deep-fried ball of fish paste
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
coverage of an exam; what an exam covers
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
black stone; black (go pieces)
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
betting ticket with a payout of at least 100 times
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
baseless; groundless; unfounded; without evidence
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
after many twists and turns; after much trouble
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
young persons' association
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
picking up trash; collecting garbage