calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
day of month; counter for days
March; third month of the lunar calendar
decorated cake; fancy cake
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
eternal; unlimited; endless
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
vicious circle; vicious cycle
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to put into the mouth; to eat
silence (not speaking); muteness
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
apologies for the crude food
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge