blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes; five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); (fig.) the five periods of the Buddha's teachings
quiver (of arrows; box-shaped)
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
(having) same family and personal name
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
elegance; taste; refinement
drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
lineage; line; unification; all (of you)
sitting with one's superior; in attendance
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head
to become pale; to turn pale
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
overnight; since last night
to be muddy; to be slushy
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
not only ... but also; also
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to decide; to determine; to judge
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted