sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
national holiday; public holiday
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
beginning; outset; first; onset
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
instant; moment; for an instant
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
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
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another