cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
successive generations; successive emperors
pastry bag; piping bag; decorating tube
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
to have an eye on; to zero in on
your company; your shrine
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
nobori; long, narrow banner attached to a pole on one side and a horizontal rod along the top; Boys' Day nobori; carp streamer
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
settlement; permanent residency
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
traditional sea bream-shaped toy car
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
one theory; one opinion; another theory
different view; alternative theory; dissenting view
Xia dynasty (of China; ca. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological); Hsia dynasty
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Island; insula; island; islet
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
congratulation; celebration
occupational ability; function; role
religion that worships mountains as sacred (e.g. Shugendō); mountain worship
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
(religious) faith; belief; creed
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense