phrase; phrase; strawberry
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
takeover (of a company, etc.); hijacking
man who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her; supernatural wolf stalking humans in the woods
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
obstruction of business; interference with business
meanwhile; in the meantime
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
kindergartener; preschooler
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
finishing kindergarten; graduating from kindergarten
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
back off!; leave me alone!
taking someone away by force; transportation (e.g. for forced labor); forced transport (e.g. to a police station)
B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to sugarcoat; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
person of common sense; common sense man
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
fare box (in a bus, etc.)
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
slightly good luck (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result)
moderately good luck (in fortune-telling)