container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
large amount of money; great cost
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
one square on a grid; one cell of a grid
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
so; to such an extent; such
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of; to take a tea break; to rest
to step back; to walk backwards
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
bravery; courage; heroism
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
lessening; diminishing; reducing
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
about here; in this neighborhood
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel