to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
family which supports a temple; parishioner
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
looking good; standing out (in a particular context or setting); appealing (esp. on social media); photogenic; attractive
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
a little bit; a little while
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
about this time; about now
a long time ago; long ago
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way