Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
Sanuki udon; thick udon from Kagawa prefecture
emphasizes direct object of action
Momotarō (Japanese folk tale and popular hero)
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
overheating; overexcitement
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
troubled times; turbulent times
the ocean; the great deep
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
going to Kyoto; visiting Kyoto
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
hook (high point of a song); chorus
doer; performer (of a deed); perpetrator
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
capital; funds; seed money; asset
depending on; dependent on
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)