candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to look forward to something
second day of the month; two days
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to need; to demand; to take; to require
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
hard worker; hardworking person
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
shaoxingjiu (Chinese alcohol made from rice or glutinous millet)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear