sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to mix; to stir; to blend
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
order; sequence; procedure
seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
excursion; field trip; school trip
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
treating (someone) like an object
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
(large) building; public building; hall
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
General Staff Headquarters
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface