to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to speak; to hear a voice
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
justifiable; warranted; reasonable
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
this world; this life; world of the living
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate