ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to be fast at walking and running; to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
umezuke; pickled fresh ume
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese apricot and shiso
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
fat; tallow; lard; grease
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
waste-water container (tea ceremony)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
in full bloom; in full glory; glorious; luxuriant; splendid