sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting, with a rectangular blade
communicating while drinking (usu. with colleagues); communicating through drinking together; boozing with work people
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
eloquent and skilled (worker)
raised leg; lifting a leg; upturn (in the market); (arch.) sitting cross-legged
house located on a street corner; corner house
same; matching; going together
to enlarge; to widen; to spread out
fool; blockhead; idiot; dunce
we have a result!; game over!; match!
unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)
Matsuda Yuusaku (1949.9.21-1989.11.6)
scam; con trick; con-man; fraudster; flirt; player
Oda Nobutada (1557-1582.6.21)
meat-based hot pot; pan or pot for cooking meat
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
solving a problem swiftly and skillfully
having a prince for a president; being the recipient of (an imperial favor, favour); reverential acceptance
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
shriek of delight; cry of joy
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
decently; gracefully; plausibly; politely; tactfully; discreetly
aforementioned (statement); preceding; at right
not mince matters; not mince one's words
unification; centralization; centralisation
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior