built-in audience; regular customers
to mistake (A for B); to misread
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. integrifolia); mustard greens
something or other; anything
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
minced meat or fish that is seasoned and fried (usu. served on top of rice); tattered; ragged; fine; small
buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at children, e.g. manga)
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
department store; department
digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels
special sale; bargain sale
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
Japanese sand lance (Ammodytes personatus); Pacific sandeel
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
fertile shoot of field horsetail; wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
wasp larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps; used as food); bee larva; hornet larva
dobsonfly or stonefly larva
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family