to congratulate; to celebrate
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
duty; obligation; responsibility
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
to develop into a serious incident
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.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to make use of; to lend money
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
sea of fire; sea of flame