chocolate given by a boy to a girl on Valentine's day (the other way around is the norm in Japan)
kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
main force; brute force; strong-arm
check (pattern); ichimatsu doll
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)
premature joy; short-lived elation
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
February; second month of the lunar calendar
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
beforehand; in advance; previously
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
100,000; hundred thousand
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up