unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
sick person; patient; invalid
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
power; authority; jurisdiction
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
action; operation; effect; function
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
badness; evilness; bad; evil
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
death from prostration; death from emaciation
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
willpower; energy; vitality
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to count on one's fingers
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice