four (long cylindrical things)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
charcoal grilling; char-grilling
no need to guess; certainly
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
square metre; square meter
freshly pounded (rice cake)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to have (something) innate; to be born with
Aomori (city, prefecture)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
person holding a dan rank; black belt (martial arts); dan player (go, shogi)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
additional order; adding to an existing order
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with