participation; joining; entry; adherence
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
unseasonable; out of season
correction; rectification; mending; repair
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
baby's first annual festival
to delight; to give pleasure
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
proposal; proposition; suggestion
form; shape; figure; visage
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
meeting; greeting; welcome
festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
Empress doll (in display with Emperor doll)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
personal ornament (adorned with gemstones, and usu. worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues); necklace; diadem; moulded decoration hanging from the edges of a Buddhist canopy, gables, etc.
gold crown (tooth); golden crown; coronet; crown made out of gold
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
in one's own way or style
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
in all conscience; in honour; in duty bound
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
striking; remarkable; considerable
thousand years; very long period; forever
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint