boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
to be folded under or inside
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
blessings of nature; nature's bounty; gifts of nature
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
with a flap; with a snap; with a thud; with a crash; with a swish; with a rustle
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; curved gutter; (arch.) fool
to be deep fried; to be hoisted up high (e.g. of a flag); to soar up into the air (e.g. of fireworks); to well up (of emotions); to become stronger (of feelings); to stand out; to be striking
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
stomach ache; abdominal pain
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
clearing a mission; mission cleared
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
hot pot party; party with guests sitting around a hot pot
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma
party in full swing; party at its peak
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
this occasion; at this time; now
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine