certificate;  certified document;  (the) thumbs up;  seal of approval;  paper with signature of the shogun or lord
 drawstring purse;  money pouch;  pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.)  unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
 article for sale;  goods for sale;  offering;  specialty;  selling point
 taste (in fashion, music, etc.);  sense (e.g. of humour);  flair
 boy;  son;  baby boy;  young man
 every year;  yearly;  annually
 quite a chore;  not that easy;  fairly difficult
 fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan);  financial year;  academic year;  school year;  product year
 selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.);  making something commercially available;  commercial (e.g. software);  over-the-counter;  off-the-shelf
 everyone;  everybody;  all;  everything;  all
 aaah!;  oooh!;  oh no!;  oh boy!
 put;  place;  leave;  do (in preparation)
 to start;  to begin;  to start up (a business, society, etc.);  to open (e.g. a store);  to start ...;  to begin to ...
 the other day;  lately;  recently;  meanwhile;  in the meantime
 fourth day of the month;  four days
 to be in a hurry;  to be impatient;  to be anxious (to do);  to get a fright;  to panic;  to get flustered
 head of a garden;  kindergarten principal;  nursery school principal;  park director;  zoo director;  head of a plantation
 curry (esp. Japanese curry);  rice and curry
 to be packed (with);  to be full (space, schedule, etc.);  to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.);  to be clogged;  to shorten (width, interval, etc.);  to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.);  to be at a loss
 popularity;  favour;  defense;  defence;  agreement;  receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
 correct;  right;  correct interpretation (answer, solution)
 malicious;  ill-tempered;  unkind
 someone with a liking or characteristic;  a true representative of (place)
 poor;  pitiable;  pathetic;  pitiful
 whole year;  all year round;  always;  all the time;  during an era;  middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
 to get dirty;  to become dirty;  to become sullied;  to become corrupted;  to lose one's chastity
 willingness (e.g. to do something);  eagerness;  motivation;  inspiration;  determination;  high aspirations
 parents' observation day (at school);  parents' visiting day;  open day
 taro (Colocasia esculenta);  dasheen;  eddo
 nimono;  food cooked by boiling or stewing
 astringent;  bitter;  austere;  elegant (and unobtrusive);  sour (look);  glum
 unexpected;  unforeseen;  strange
 at once;  right away;  promptly;  on the spur of the moment
 to occur to;  to remind of;  to come to mind
 house (e.g. of Tokugawa);  family
 to pin down;  to hold down;  to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand);  to clutch (a body part in pain);  to get a hold of;  to obtain
 to prove successful;  to take hold;  to amount to something
 shelving (a play, movie, etc.);  closing down;  cancelling;  rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
 coloring;  colouring;  color scheme;  colour scheme;  (touch of) colour;  embellishment