to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
interruption; suspension; break
reopening; resumption; restarting
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
research; study; investigation
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
sinfonia; symphony; Italian overture
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
middle of the night; dead of night
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
more than usual (usu. time)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in
interrupting (someone speaking); butting in; cutting in
what time; (lit.) which hour
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
winter vacation; winter holidays
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
decoration; ornament; trimmings
fixed date; appointed day
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma