to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
study; research; investigation
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
those (near the second person)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
stealthily; secretly; in secret
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity