grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; (lit.) even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed
twig tea; stem tea; kukicha
soft and pleasant on the tongue
sweet paste of white beans and miso
glutinous rice flour; sticky rice flour
donor; contributor; donator
bulbil; cormel; brood bud
covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head
maker of metallic ornaments
higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox); double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
sweet burdock and miso-bean paste covered with a thin layer of mochi
dyeing; printing; blue and white ceramics (china, porcelain)
Japanese witch-hazel (Hamamelis japonica); bumper crop; abundant harvest
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)
to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors
probe each other; sound each other out
leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
striker (triangular piece of steel used with flint to create sparks)
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
Western sword (esp. sabre)
all those interested (in the matter); all those willing; (from) all of us; (from) everyone concerned
full to capacity; full to bursting; house full; sellout
acting as go-between; good offices
pseudonym of a haiku poet
bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
moron; idiot; stupid person
to be comfortable; to be easy; to be relaxed; to be cosseted
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue