prayer (for something); supplication
studies; schoolwork; classwork
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
carelessly; inattentively
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
when you get to the destination
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
happy memory; sweet memory
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
from here; from this place
to translate; to interpret
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
pension (Western-style boardinghouse)
halo; hello; hallo; harrow