to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
quiet; still; surreptitious
Capricornus (constellation); Capricorn; the Goat
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
Ursa Major (constellation)
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
occupation; calling; livelihood
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
charming; fascinating; attractive
camellia-like plant native to China
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
hooligan; layabout; good-for-nothing; gangster
arrest; apprehension; capture
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
tranquilizer gun; tranquiliser gun