battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
(exercising) the right to command
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
activity; briskness; prosperity
silent (esp. of the passing of the night); piercing (cold)
to entertain; to make welcome
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to compare (e.g. notes); to exchange (e.g. views, opinions)
to keep watch; to stand guard
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; fresh sashimi
to make hand-rolled sushi
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor
worldwide; common to the whole world; universal
male instincts; male frivolity
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless