performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to come to an end; to close the curtain
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
traditional Japanese handball game
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
tune (melody, piece of music)
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
elder sister; effeminate man
formal marriage interview
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
catchphrase (esp. in advertising)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
remembrance; recollection; recognition
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
undressing and dressing; taking off and putting on (clothes)
carefree; free from worry