congratulation; celebration
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
retro (video) game; classic game
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
kanji "grass radical" (radical 140); grass crown
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
such; like that; that sort of; very
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to beat to death; to kill
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
how many years; how long; what year
to pass (of time); to elapse
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
human relations; personal relationships