curtain; bunting; act (in play)
archipelago; group of islands
family vacation; family trip
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
one way or the other; either way
belief; faith; conviction
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
settlement; solution; resolution
incident; affair; happening; event
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
street oratory; soapbox speech
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
donation; contribution; offering
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
retirement at one's own request
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to take over; to hand over
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
being projected to win; being certain to be elected; being sure of being elected
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent