application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
process; course; mechanism
senior high school; high school
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
selective system; system that offers choices
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
unidentified flying object; UFO
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
singing voice; (sound of) singing
good feeling; feeling good
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
individual; one by one; separate; each
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest