back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
coordination; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
rice (esp. when served on a plate)
free (of charge); gratuitous
journal; magazine; periodical
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
(someone else's) child; child; kid
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
indeed; really; truly; very much
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
hades; realm of the dead; the next world
1000 ri; (a) long distance
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
demoness; witch; ogress; married woman
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
avocado (Persea americana)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar