close fitting trousers; working trousers; long johns; long underpants
repeated events (meetings, drinking sessions, etc.); series of events; streak; dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning; dealer keep
laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
to be accepted by a university
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
recorder (musical instrument); English flute
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
every evening; night after night
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
one more time; once more; once again
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus