service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
offering; presentation; donation
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
overnight; since last night
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
drumming in the streets to announce a tournament; announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
in person; personally; (do) oneself
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); hannya; mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; nature (of something); character; kind
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
long time; long interval; for quite some time
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
crying face; face of a person who is crying
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
somehow; for some reason or other
fellow pupil; fellow apprentice
that is to say; so that means
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for