sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
school inter-class ball-game competition
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
height of; middle of; full bloom
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
one by one; one at a time; in turn
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
castella (type of sponge cake)
also known as; also called
anchor (of a ship); last runner or swimmer in a relay team; news anchor; news presenter; anchor (clock component); pallet fork; anchor (HTML)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
have a pain in one's chest
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
male instincts; male frivolity
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
supplementary examination
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)