baby's first annual festival
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to delight; to give pleasure
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
meeting; greeting; welcome
festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
Empress doll (in display with Emperor doll)
personal ornament (adorned with gemstones, and usu. worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues); necklace; diadem; moulded decoration hanging from the edges of a Buddhist canopy, gables, etc.
gold crown (tooth); golden crown; coronet; crown made out of gold
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
in one's own way or style
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
in all conscience; in honour; in duty bound
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
striking; remarkable; considerable
emaciation; gauntness; haggardness
thousand years; very long period; forever
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)