to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
not understanding; not knowing
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
hey there; I say; see here
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
really; truly; indeed; good grief
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
please (give me); please (do for me)
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person