return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
to roll about with laughter; to laugh heartily
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
completely; absolutely; totally
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
to be opposite; to face each other
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
the place for; the time for; the level of
boiled and half-dried bonito
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
to be full of pride; to be boastful