getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
unseasonable; out of season
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
turtle scooping (festival game)
chicken, goose and pheasant; (arch.) cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken
contest of strength; trial of strength
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
clothes; clothing; garments
decisive; resolute; drastic
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine