Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
noted product; local specialty
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
Yamagata Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
magnum (cartridge, gun); magnum (1.5-litre wine bottle)
vitality; energy; dynamism
to take (be in) charge of
animal under treatment; patient (referring to pets)
triangle; triangular shape
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to revere; to respect; to worship
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
troublesome; pain in the butt
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
aquatic life; water creatures
good (place to leave off); convenient
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
everyone at once; everyone together
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
hanging loosely; dangling limply
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō); fierce Buddhist deity
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
color photo; colour photo