pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
rich person; wealthy person
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
forelock; hair on top of the head
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
both hands; both arms; ten
to pick up (with chopsticks); to take
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
heavy drinker; toper; sot
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
personal letter; epistolary style