mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
good; goodness; right; virtue
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
becoming dull; slowing down
merchant house employee; tradesman
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
seeing off and meeting on return
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
competing; competition; auction
arame (species of kelp, Eisenia bicyclis)
travelling alone; solitary journey
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of