congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
the last moment; the very end
to thrust down; to push off
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
death from cold; freezing to death
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
to warm (up); to heat (up)
energy conservation; economical use of energy
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
electricity bill; electric bill
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
thumbing (in boxing, poking a thumb in one's opponent's eye)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone