zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
out of character; unlike one
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
income; receipts; revenue
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
public holiday; celebration (of)
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
hurried construction; speedy laying
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
tidal bore; eagre; rumbling noise that accompanies a tidal bore; tsunami; tidal wave
to employ; to hire; to charter
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class