ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to distribute; to hand out
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
such; this sort of; like this
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink