shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
concluding festivities; concluding program; concluding programme; final day of a tournament
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
(one) leaf; (one) petal; piece (of paper); flake (of snow)
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
two parts; two copies; the second part
continuous; nonstop; consecutive; ceaseless
eternalness; forever unchanging; distant land over the sea; world of the dead
six; sixth (interval, chord)
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
edict; public announcement
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something