huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
but; however; provided that
wandering; rambling; roaming
appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
your highness; your grace; your eminence
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
all-night vigil over a body; wake
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
natto (fermented soybeans)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
something like ...; something called ...
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
having an ancient and honorable origin
dietetics; nutritional science