to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
to form a pair; to pair up
festival; feast; carnival
leaving a matter to chance
attractive face and figure
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
question and answer session
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
premarital sexual relations (intercourse)
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
empirical; from experience
to be pretentious; to put on airs
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
evening meal; dinner; supper
about when; about what time; how soon
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
(made of) stone; stone-built
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
right in the center (centre)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat