udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to give one's everything; to do one's best
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
serious; not joking; straight
to have the privilege of doing
restlessly; restively; agitated; fidgety
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
basin (e.g. between mountains)
site; point on a map; spot
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
sorry; excuse me; thank you
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production