seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
property; fortune; assets
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox
remarkable; striking; obvious
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
if you do this; if this is the case
process; course; mechanism
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
at the present time; as of now; at this time
constant; steady; constant
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
private funds; own funds; private property
novel; original; new; innovative
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
crop; yield; harvest; catch; take
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough