for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be able to manage somehow or other
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
first shrine visit of the New Year
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); (arch.) dream on the night of setsubun
remote shutter release; cable release