eleventh day of the month; eleven days
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
lucky bamboo branch (sold during the Toka Ebisu festival in early January)
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
good luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
imperial court; royal court
cork stopper; (bottle) cork
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
monetary offering; offertory
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
vertical line; vertical bar; upright; note stem (music)
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
breakthrough; great discovery
marriage proposal; marriage talks
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
another day; some other day
per-capita division; division according to the number of people