to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
magic; sorcery; incantation
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
belief that everything can be explained by science; scientism
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
high brow; broad forehead
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
human kindness; human weakness
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
spine; backbone; spinal column
to push (something) against
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness