Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
grosgrain (silk or silk-like fabric)
Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
minute; very fine; annoying; complicated; very detailed; elaborate
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
orchid of Western origin; tropical orchid
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
unfriendly; distant; cold
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
to get back together (with a former partner)
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
dipping up (night soil); scooping up
older unmarried woman; old maid; spinster
Kotte (Sri Lanka); Cottet
affection among kindred spirits; bonding; fellow feeling
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
wild giant butterbur; Japanese silverleaf
northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
hurly-burly; helter-skelter; hustle and bustle; turmoil
hot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)
whatever misfortune happens; (lit.) even if spears fall out of the sky
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
neighboring towns; neighbouring towns