the part of the fruit from which the flower has dropped
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
expiration (of a term); maturity (e.g. investment); serving one's (full) time
Greenery Day (national holiday; May 4)
chazuke with salmon powder
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
Constitution Memorial Day (national holiday; May 3)
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
Narita divorce; divorce of a newlywed couple upon returning (to Narita Airport) from their honeymoon abroad
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
tip of a twig; tip; end; trifles; trivial matters
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
delicious-looking; tasty-looking; hot; sexy; desirable
versification; verse making
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
if you have a mind to do something, you can do it
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
falling asleep immediately; going out like a light
swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
housewife demographic; housewives
autumn, season of good appetite
(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil
game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
being declared the winner of a bout
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
tamago kake gohan; raw egg mixed with white rice, often seasoned with soy sauce
paper-covered lamp or lantern