particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
family which supports a temple; parishioner
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
river; stream; River; the ... river
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to look attractive; to look nice
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
a little bit; a little while
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way