great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern; geese alighting
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to mix; to blend; to combine
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
regret; repentance; remorse
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
take-out; take-away; carry-out
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
surrounding at a distance
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to give an impression; to make an impression
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with