there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
one's later years; final years (in life)
making a rough estimate in one's head; expectation; anticipation
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
debt collection; debt collector
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
-less; lacking; non-existing
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)