contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
mid-year gift; summer gift
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
party in full swing; party at its peak
sentimental; sentimentality
the Kojiki and Nihon-shoki
order; command; life; destiny; fate
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
to be hesitant; to feel timid
(one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife
negative personality; asocial type
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
to be detained; to take time
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
(committee) chairman; president
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
mass production of inferior goods
B-movie; B-picture; B-film
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
to link (information, accounts, etc.); to associate; to connect
religious opposition; religious conflict; religious antagonism
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
very unskillful; extremely awkward
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
to follow custom; to conform (convention, tradition, etc.); to toe the line