noun:

• light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout
• aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium) - usu. 雪平鍋

noun:

• bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt - sensitive ➜ 麺媽

expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

noun:

• wrinkled hands from being in water; washerwoman's hands

noun:

• with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid - four character idiom

noun:

• focus of the trade routes of the world

noun:

• direct competition

noun:

• person blessed with many children

noun:

• butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef
• beef-hotpot restaurant ➜ 牛鍋屋

noun:

• murder case in which the victim is chopped into pieces; mutilation murder case

noun:

• seats closest to the ring; ringside seat - Sumo term

godan ~む verb:

• to bend down with a round back ➜ 跼まる

expression:

• patience is the only way - proverb

noun:

• seven disguises of the ninja - Martial Arts term

expression:

• (turned out) all right in the end ➜ オーライ

noun:

• ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• of the ukiyoe style

noun:

• hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples

noun:

• dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone - Food term

noun:

• along the southern coast

noun:

• person who notifies the police; informer; whistleblower; delator

expression / ~よい adjective:

• good for the health

noun:

• star of the demimonde - colloquialism - slang

noun:

• riichi with self-draw win (common pair of yaku) - Mahjong term

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb ➜ 隣の芝生は青い