memorial service for the dead; holding a service
way; method; means; resource; course
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
sentiment; sentimentality
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
manner of using one's hands
burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
secretary-general; director
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
godparent; namer; first person to give something its name
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system); Brazil
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
premium; premium; high-class; deluxe
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons