cake served with tea; teacake
to increase; to add to; to augment
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
about this time; about now
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
this world; this life; world of the living
remainder; the rest; what is left
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
village; hamlet; countryside; country
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
powdered bean paste; dried bean paste
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to mix; to stir; to blend
how; in what way; how about
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses