bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to straighten up; to sit upright
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to push away; to push aside; to shove
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Nagano (city, prefecture)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
don't worry; no worries; never mind
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
from here; from this place
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
congratulation; celebration
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark