super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
self restraint; moderating one's own behavior; confinement (esp. to one's home); house arrest; suspension (from work or school)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
pure rice; (of sake, vinegar, etc) made from only rice, kōji, and water; junmai sake (sake in which the only ingredients are rice and yeast)
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
ginjō sake with no added alcohol; junmai ginjō sake
ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
establishment (of a business); founding
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
animated cartoon; animated film
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
space; interval; space character; whitespace
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality