temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
river; stream; River; the ... river
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
than; from; out of; except; but; more
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again