god of marriage; matchmaker
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
one end; an end; part; fragment
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
character leitmotif; character theme song
behind; in the rear; in back
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
go on!; right!; here goes!
to feel oneself indebted to
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
water vapour; water vapor; steam
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
chestnut; marron (Cherax tenuimanus and Cherax cainii species of freshwater crayfish)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
day after day; day in and day out; every single day