raisins; currants; dried grapes
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
public announcement; official notice; edict
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
going to and fro; back and forth
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
Cynthia; Synthia; Shinshia
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
intestines; bowels; entrails; guts; placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.); fibrous pulp
candy fashioned in human and animal forms; deceptive appearance; all show; empty suit
marriageable age; chance of marriage
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
for use of customers or guests
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)