happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to be able to manage somehow or another
like a decent person; human
to bring; to take; to bring about
1,000,000; one million; million; many
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
the West; the Occident; Western countries
god of fortune; god of wealth
economic fortune; luck with money
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to shout (in anger); to yell
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life