head house (family); birthplace; originator
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly; goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil
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)
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
freshly pounded (rice cake)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
originally; by nature; from the start
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to gather; to collect; to assemble
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
scene; spectacle; sight; view
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
Nara prefecture (Kinki area)