to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
upper half of the body; upper body
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
almost; roughly; approximately
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
kinako mochi; mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to feel; to sense; to experience
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)