sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
whole face; all over one's face
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
considerably; greatly; a lot
cooking; food preparation
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
trifling matter; urination; urine
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
letter; missive; note; mail
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
name; given name; first name
Katsura Kogorou (1833-77)
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
rational; logical; coherent
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie