making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
deputy (vice) prime minister
vice president (of a country)
to congratulate; to celebrate
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
episode; anecdote; vignette
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to eat too much; to overeat
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
paper-covered lamp or lantern
to eagerly look forward to
great war; great battle; world war
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
military of the Empire of Japan
uninhabited island; desert island
to keep (a person) waiting
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
a little; a bit; slightly
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
group of companies; combine
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
sales promotion; hard selling
feelings; thoughts; meaning
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of