receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
grudge; complaint; reproach
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
fragile article; breakables; broken article
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
social life; social intercourse
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
attendance; presence; appearance
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
husband and wife; married couple
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
now that; since; so long as; because
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside