to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
migratory bird; bird of passage
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
genuine article; real thing; real deal
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
filhos (traditional Portuguese dessert); deep-fried tofu mixed with thinly sliced vegetables
filhos (traditional Portuguese dessert); deep-fried tofu mixed with thinly sliced vegetables
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
handbook; instruction book; manual
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
ten; 10; ten years of age
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
dawn; daybreak; Tenmei era (1781.4.2-1789.1.25)
publish; start (new) publication
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
one person; another name; nickname; alias
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk