severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
secretariat; executive office
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
24 hours; twenty-four hours
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
Nagano (city, prefecture)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
newspaper reporter; print journalist
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
ancient Shinto music and dancing
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate