government office; public office
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
mountain ascetic; practitioner of Shugendō
on the occasion of; at the time of
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
commonplace; ordinary; trite; informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
one by one; one each; one at a time
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
overlapping; piling; stacking
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
popular; common; commonplace
diversion; putting something to another use
two ways; both ways; two kinds
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)
carving; engraving; sculpture
retention; maintenance; preservation
large crowd; mass of people
arts; crafts; handicrafts
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
light; faint; pale; fleeting