Vocabulary

(feeling of) loneliness; desolation

divining sticks

being in the office; being at work

vomit; vomitus

scleroderma

bet; stakes

psychic

crab omelet on rice

seafood

investment bank

syllabus

duck hot pot (with cabbage, spring onions, tofu, etc.)

duck (meat)

wild duck

miscellaneous problems; miscellaneous subjects (themes)

entertaining guests

stir; commotion; noise

earth dug out of a construction site

feeling that one's bladder has not been completely emptied

loose and disheveled hair

(prefectural) school inspector

offering something free as a promotion

something; something or other; so-and-so

image

caffè latte; latte

random walk

warming up sake; warmed sake

preference

dismissal of class (at the end of the day)

strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose

goldfish with a shrimp-like tail

Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute

pegbox (of a shamisen, etc.)

pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)

pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)

slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)