to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over or across; to overcome
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
folk costume; traditional clothing; national clothing
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
Indian soapberry (Sapindus mukorossi); Chinese soapberry; washnut; soapnut tree
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
in deep black; in jet black
(department) store; (department) stores
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
verbal message; word (from someone)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give