kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe; fire tube (of a fire-tube boiler); chimney
to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
main subject; main issue; main discourse; this subject
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
periodic; regular; routine
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
10th day of the month; ten days
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
fortifying; fortification
hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
outline; summary; gist; in brief
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; handwritten letter; autograph letter
another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
capacity; volume; capacitance
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to take (all of) into consideration