(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
tradition; legend; folklore
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
at once; immediately; right now
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
underground train; subway
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to split; to be split; to splinter
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
anal; anal sex; anal intercourse; anus
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
simmering; (boiling) gently
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to be boiled; to be cooked
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)