every year; yearly; annually
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to increase; to add to; to augment
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
shop selling Buddhist articles
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches; doll made from chrysanthemum flowers; beautiful but stupid girl
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
Metal Tiger (27th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1950, 2010, 2070)
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
index; indices; indicator
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
time (three times, each time, etc.); times