seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
production (e.g. play); direction
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
scene; view; prospect; outlook
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
all night; throughout the night
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to serve; to work for; to attend
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
both sides; two sides; double-sided
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
illustrated storybook with yellow covers (Edo period)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
river fish; freshwater fish
broth made of fish and vegetables
in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts