nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
villain; baddie; the villain's part
whispering; murmuring; subdued
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
fish balls; fish dumplings
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
dish dressed with sesame sauce
etc.; et cetera; and so on
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)