to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
this world; this life; world of the living
national holiday; public holiday
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
one theory; one opinion; another theory
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
story; tale; talk; discussion
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
every person; each one; everybody
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
on and after; from ... onward; since
almost every day; almost daily
invitation; introduction; temptation
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate