hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
heap; pile; stack; full measure
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
reading partway; leaving half-read
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
moment to quit; way to quit
all you have to do is; just; that's all
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
to assemble; to set up; to construct
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
absorption; suction; attraction
thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
dish dressed with sesame sauce
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
(food) coloring; pigment; dye; coloring agent
long (time that has passed); old (story)
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy