to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
at first; in the beginning; originally
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
paper treated with astringent persimmon juice
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
good humour (humor); good mood
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to shake off; to throw off
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
authority; power; influence
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
proposal; offer; request; application
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages