great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
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
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
approximate age; age range
big leakage; uncontained leak
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
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)
allocation; assignment; allotment
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
to delight; to give pleasure
garden (esp. with trees); park
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
French; French food; French cuisine
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
halo; hello; hallo; harrow