full-course dinner; multicourse meal
fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
at that time; in those days
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to become better; to improve
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to recall; to remember; to recollect
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
and yet; though; when; in spite of
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
the same generation; coeval
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
together; at the same time; same; identical
to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look