audience (with a person of high standing)
salty sea breeze; salt wind
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
curry udon; udon with curry sauce
udon with deep-fried tofu
udon served in a pot with broth
splashing on; splashing at; dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkakesoba); bukkake; ejaculation onto someone's face
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
Bolu (Turkey); Bor (Russia)
to take away; to carry away
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to hurt; to smart; to sting
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
active people; doers; people who get things done
giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
the lower classes; the common people
flight time; number of flight hours
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following