participation award; prize for participation
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
at that time; in those days
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
embossing a pattern; repoussé; drum signaling the end of a performance; serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf); printout
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
before the end of this year
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
distribution; circulation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine