greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
public holiday; celebration (of)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
partly open; in half bloom
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
make-up; makeup; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
teak (Tectona grandis); cheek; cheek rouge; blusher
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; humorous mask of a homely woman's face
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
social life; social intercourse
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
all present; all concerned; all of us
notice; attention; observation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
one bow; one salute; one greeting