sommelier; wine steward; wine expert at a restaurant who advises guests on a choice of wines
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to begin to walk; to set out
young person; youth; young
study; pursuit of knowledge
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
beginning of summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide