businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses; sex industry; sex-related businesses
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
longing for others; wanting company
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
convenience store lunch box
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
ganmodoki; fried tofu fritter made with vegetables
cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
that's right; yes; uh-huh
corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried); corndog
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
chemical seasoning (esp. monosodium glutamate)