people; men and women; each person; everybody
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
end of a road; end of a street
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
travelling alone; solitary journey
guest house; private home providing lodging for travelers; bed and breakfast; pension
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to get hungry; to become hungry
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
preparation; arrangements
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
number one; first; best; most; game; round
pickled wasabi; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)