Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
grasp; catch; understanding
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to be silent; to say nothing
participation; joining; entry; adherence
single word; a few words; brief comment
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to talk; to chat; to chatter
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
passing the winter; hibernation
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
every year; yearly; annually
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
Island; insula; island; islet
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
festival merrymaking; revelry
important; momentous; essential; principal; major