paper-covered lamp or lantern
entrance; admission; entering
music; old Japanese court music; gagaku
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to head home; to leave for home
(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?
don't you think?; indicates question
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
beginning; outset; first; onset
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to summon; to get used to call
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
forgetting; lapse of memory
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
rather; better; instead; if anything
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
presence (impressive quality)
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
all you want; as much as one wants
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known