endurance; perseverance; patience
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)
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
festival; feast; carnival
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
array; muster; line-up; full force
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to raise one's voice; to shout
to raise one's voice; to shout
period of youth; while young
breaking off; snapping off
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to lie down; to throw oneself down
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
a little; a bit; slightly
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
smallish; on the small side
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
preliminary arrangements; spade work
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
(United States of) America; USA
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit