divine pronouncement (esp. in Tenri and Ōmoto)
oracle; revelation; divine message
in accordance with; according to
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
udon noodles in broth (no trimmings)
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
sharp sighted; easily awakened
display window; shop window; store window
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
button (clothing); push-button
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
property; fortune; means; assets
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
quotation; citation; reference
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented