to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
divining sticks; counting; calculation
adds force or indicates command
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
other; another; over; more than; I; me
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
the West; the Occident; Western countries
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
influence (on someone); inspiration
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)