ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
tendency; trend; inclination
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to have an eye on; to zero in on
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
mostly involve; principally involve
meeting; greeting; welcome
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); goddess of (lucky) directions
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
formal; orthodox; in earnest
chanting sutras in front of a shōryōdana (of a monk during the Bon Festival)
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
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
correction; rectification; mending; repair
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
two times; twice; two degrees
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
(printing) block; woodcut
society; the world; the times
hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)