to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
genuine; authentic; true; real
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
in order; sequential; seriatim
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
leader; authority; mainstay
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
outside of one's area of expertise
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
relatively; comparatively
unexpected meeting; coincidence
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit