talk about divorce or separation
March; third month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
unrequited love; one-sided love
history of; experience of
opening of the beachgoing season
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
Culture Day (national holiday; November 3)
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
so what!; who gives a damn?
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
(arch.) divining; (arch.) telling a fortune; (arch.) predicting; choosing; settling; fixing
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive (e.g. a blow)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
chilly; unpleasantly cold
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
this world; this life; world of the living
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo); turkey (bowling); three strikes in a row
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
decision; settlement; definition
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check