dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
first shrine visit of New Year
business district; office complex
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
standing close together; bristling (with)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to throw into; to dump in together
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
New Year's pine decoration
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
east, west, south and north
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
several items; many items
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
the other day; lately; recently
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
for today; for the time being
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
proctoring of an exam; invigilation; proctor; invigilator
general mobilization; general mobilisation
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
standing on one's feet for a long time