bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
strained bean paste; smooth anko; fine-grained sweet bean paste
kinako mochi; mochi coated in sweetened soy flour
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
one theory; one opinion; another theory
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
tea house; wayside tea stall; coffee shop; kissaten
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
travelling on foot; journeying on foot; hiking; riding on shank's pony
hooting; jeering; heckling
two colours; two varieties; two types
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
loanword (in Japanese, esp. one of Western origin); word of foreign origin
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
carbonated water; sparkling water; fizzy water; soda water
(alcoholic) cider; hard cider