laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
branch road; branch path; fork road
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
good family; respectable family; decent family
marriage proposal; marriage talks
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to complete decisively; to do to completion
family; members of a family
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
in the future; another day; later
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to come to an end; to close the curtain
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
journey; route of a journey
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace