Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
nightlife; night amusements
to control; to command; to get the better of
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
for use of customers or guests
to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes
heir; inheritor; successor
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
passage; path; route; one's way
living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
thin omelette cut into strips
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
fish dealer; fresh fish retailer; fishmonger
fish-based cooking; fish dish
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
negiyaki; savoury pancake dish similar to okonomiyaki made with a great amount of green onion
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
forgetful; oblivious of; negligent
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
recreation; diversion; relaxation
done; just done; just finished
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone