four-legged tray for festive food
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(United States of) America; USA
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
piece; fragment; one (object)
to play a central role; to take a leading part
east, west, south and north
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
air transportation; air transport
air transport; air lift; airlift
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
the reason is ...; it is because ...
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
pride; boast; credit (to)
smacking one's lips (over food)
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
in accordance with plans; just as planned
parts; accessories; components
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
breakthrough; great discovery
to look around; to look towards (us)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
troublesome; annoying; complicated