first shrine visit of New Year
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
one's fate (fortune) as concerns love
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to be worried; to be troubled
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to become settled; to be fixed
near; close; beside; third person
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
how long; how much; to what extent
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
due form; official; formality