important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
deep emotion; strong feelings
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to do together; to share; to participate in
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
news; word; tidings; omen
all eyes; public attention
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
notice; attention; observation
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
to mark the end; to spell the end
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to prostrate oneself before
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts