I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
little finger; pinky; little toe
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
height (of body); stature
metre; meter; meter; gauge
Que Sera, Sera (song title); Whatever Will Be, Will Be
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
interference; intervention; meddling
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
change in appearance; transformation
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored