fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
noted product; local specialty
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
time; hour; period; class
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to do together; to share; to participate in
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
foreign enemy; outside invader
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with