traditional; customary; conventional
children's song; nursery song
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
(game of) catch-the-child
to palm off; to force a sale
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
to have meaning; to be meaningful
two out; two down (and one to go)
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
good old; good old-fashioned
magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
living room (Western style); sitting room
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
successive generations; successive emperors
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular