time (three times, each time, etc.); times
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
how long; how much; to what extent
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to care for someone; to look after someone
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
born of the same mother; kindred spirits
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
established practice; custom
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria