health; healthy; sound; fit
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
for the first time in one's life
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
one thin flat object; one sheet
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
forcibly; against one's will
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
father; dad; husband; you; he
Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar