local Shinto deity; tutelary god
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; requesting a video review (of a referee's call)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
to call in; to invite; to bring in
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
empirically; from experience
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
(Tianjin-style) sweet chestnuts
sauce-flavoured rice crackers
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
string made from twisted paper
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)