ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal; snow shovel; snow plow; snow plough
to gather; to collect; to assemble
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
production (e.g. play); direction
winter vacation; winter holidays
living by oneself; living alone
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
at a loss for words; stumped for words
every year; yearly; annually
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
seasoning; flavour; flavor
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute