tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
professor; teaching; instruction
university professor; college professor
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
trouble; bother; annoyance
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
mountain ridge; near a mountain
conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster); garden eel
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice; flat-bottomed wooden bowl or platter for presenting a selection of sushi
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
way of eating; how to eat
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
resting at times; with careful thought; after proper consideration
inari and maki sushi served together
futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)