vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
temporary absence from school
plump; fat; thick (e.g. curry); full (e.g. lips)
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
first class plus; extra special
fat; tallow; lard; grease
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
dumpling store; dumpling seller
young man who has a feminine aesthetic
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
one eye; one of one's eyes
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge