to smile (at); to grin (at)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
light blue; pale blue; aqua
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
fucking; screwing; having sex
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
day of month; counter for days
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
vyakarana (assurance of future enlightenment)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
large serving; large portion
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
extra-large portion; extra-sized serving
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring