to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
with a start; with a jump
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
fine castle; famous castle
castle tower; keep; donjon
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
shichi-go-san; 7-5-3 day; festival day for children aged 7, 5 and 3 held on or around November 15; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
floral decoration; floral ornament
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
everlasting; eternal; unchanged; evergreen
almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
filling; packing; stuffing; filling; (dental) filling
breast; rounded part on the upper end of shamisen neck
adjust (by supplementing)
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
clothing decorated with one's family crest
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
full (of a container, vessel, etc.); filled to the brim; packed; filled (with people); full
dressed up (in fine clothes)
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
multinational; transnational
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
Stars and Stripes (US flag); Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
title deed; certificate of title
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
scope; valid range; effective range (e.g. in broadcasting); coverage
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
front shrine; hall of worship
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
vibrancy; strength; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
before the end of this year
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
millilitre; milliliter; ml
language center (brain); language centre