pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
traditional; conventional
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
for example; for instance; e.g.
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)