in accordance with; according to
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
round, wooden container for cooked rice
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
one by one; one each; one at a time
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
postwar period; period after Second World War
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
ticket-collector; collecting tickets
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to pluck (e.g. a fruit, a leaf); to pick; to tear off (e.g. a ticket stub, a branch from a tree)
in succession; one after another
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
itinerant entertainer or troupe
in this manner; in this way; like this
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
soup made with salted or rice-bran-pickled fish, vegetables, and sometimes sake lees (Hokkaido local specialty dish)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)