bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)
traditional Japanese handball (game)
coastal waters; adjacent seas
chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
Iwashimizu Hachimangū (Shinto shrine in Kyoto)
Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
unlucky quarter (southwest)
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
fleeing (to a distant place to avoid arrest, capture, etc.); absconding; running away; flying high; jumping high
police cell; place of detention; jail
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
dish drainer; drainer tray; draining basket; perforated basket
purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood
watering hole; watering place
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
practical problem; practical matter
short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)
edge of the eaves; house frontage
sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)
drinking place; bar; izakaya; sake-producing area
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
sakabayashi; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries