vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
visitor from afar; foreign visitor
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
dear me; I mean; or rather
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to put a damper on proceedings (at a meeting, party, etc.)
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
alcohol which must be drunk as a penalty
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings
internal conditions; true state of affairs
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
fluent (in a language); flowing
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
not having; unaffected by; aside; I don't know about ...; (arch.) I know not whether; (arch.) I know not if
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); jumble; mess