great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
16th anniversary of one's death
video letter (message sent by video)
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
family which supports a temple; parishioner
completely honest relationship; hanging out naked (e.g. at a public bath)
lottery; tombola; drawing
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme
Buddhist memorial service
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
approximate age; age range
big leakage; uncontained leak
Kerry (Ireland); Kelley; Kerrey
Japanese (people, language, style)
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
normal duties; (one's) regular work
mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
god (esp. the Christian God)
Buddhist memorial service
allocation; assignment; allotment
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
to delight; to give pleasure
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)