fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
tiny area; tiny surface; (lit.) cat's forehead
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to live; to reside; to inhabit
presenting one's positive qualities (esp. to a company as a part of its hiring process); selling one's strengths
pamphlet; brochure; leaflet
every year; yearly; annually
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
foreign; abroad; overseas
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
4th day of the month; four days
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign
1,000,000; one million; million; many
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)