tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
various foods cooked together; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; mulligan stew
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
Aomori (city, prefecture)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
tendency; trend; inclination
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
by means of; due to; because of; according to
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
home area; home town; local
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
chain store; retail chain; restaurant chain
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off