please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
figure eight; figure of eight
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
doing as one is told; yes-man
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
while; during; while; although; all; both
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to say; to tell; to state; to do
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
female high-school student
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
body; physical system; (the) person
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
settlement; solution; resolution