polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
new moon; first day of the lunar month; next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
to cease; to stop; to be over
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to increase; to add to; to augment
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
in deep black; in jet black
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address