festival merrymaking; revelry
annual function; annual event
summer vacation; summer holiday
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
New Year's Eve; end of the year
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
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); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
order; sequence; procedure
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
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
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
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
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
(your) daughter; young woman
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 attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
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