cooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to intend; to be sure that
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
script; screenplay; scenario
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
display of dolls during Hinamatsuri; Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
woman; lady; adult female
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
petitioner; person who prays; beggar-priest
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
clothes; clothing; garments
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
history; pedigree; lineage
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
villager; village folk; countryfolk
women's disease; gynecological disorder; gynopathy
disadvantageous; harmful; unprofitable
joint together; opposite; facing