grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
close-cropped hair; harvesting
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to hear; to imbibe; to drink
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
nowadays; these days; at present
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
imperial family; relatives of the Emperor
rice cultivation; rice crop
to reap completely; to trim up (the hair); to dress up
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
another thing; other things; another man's property
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to jump at; to be attracted by
to assemble; to set up; to construct
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
ease; comfort; feeling at home
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
in the prefecture; prefectural
eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
sampling food; tasting; trying
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)