sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
welcome party for new students
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
custom; habit; customary practice
to collect; to assemble; to gather
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
apparently; appears to be
as everyone knows; needless to point out
named after; associated with; connected with
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to name; to call; to christen; to term
every year; yearly; annually
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
somehow; for some reason (or other)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
later on; eventually; afterwards