to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to call out; to ask someone to come
to telephone; to make a phone call
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
torii; Shinto shrine archway
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
history; pedigree; lineage
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
life; living; I; me; student
crib sheet; cheat sheet; large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.
establishment; foundation
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
exhibition; display; putting on show
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
parched beans scattered on Setsubun
something like ...; something called ...