life; living; I; me; student
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
blending of Japanese and Western styles
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
birth; creation; formation
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to make something be done in time
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days