errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
first shrine visit of the New Year
business district; office complex
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
standing close together; bristling (with)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to throw into; to dump in together
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
New Year's pine decoration
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
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
east, west, south and north
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
brush (for painting, basting, etc.)
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
several items; many items
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
the other day; lately; recently
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
for today; for the time being
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
proctoring of an exam; invigilation; proctor; invigilator
general mobilization; full mobilization