to take off one's clothes; to undress
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
granted that; even if; even though
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
principle of laissez-faire
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
deep emotion; strong feelings
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
for a change; for variety's sake
something wrapped in a furoshiki
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated