official function; state function
participation; joining; entry; adherence
attendance; presence; appearance
(not) even once; (not) ever
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses; sex industry; sex-related businesses
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to sit down; to take a seat
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import