large square winter shawl
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
salt damage (from seawater, sea air, etc.)
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
old promise; old agreement; old covenant; Old Testament
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
to be sold out; to sell out
though it seems big, it's a small world
illumination (e.g. of a manuscript)
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
to boil something until it is done (e.g. vegetables)
neighbourhood dispute (neighborhood); neighbourhood quarrel; grievance with one's neighbour
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
excuse me (when passing in front of somebody)
living room-cum-dining room
mate's rate; preferential rate of payment offered to a friend
training; education; cultivation; making pottery and casting metal
to be sticky; to be close together
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
Sahel (semiarid region of north-central Africa)
rice cooked with matsutake
incredible; unbelievable; implausible
psychological depiction of a literary character
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
inferior to; suffering by comparison with; unable to compare with
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find