nerikiri; confection made from white bean paste and sugar
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
relatively hot; fairly hot
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.); reaching the highest echelons; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
stark naked; completely naked; nude
chilly feeling after a bath
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
death from cold; freezing to death
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx); River of Three Crossings
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
omen; sign; notice; indication