party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
lung capacity; breathing capacity; vital capacity
to kidnap (esp. by force or deception); to abduct; to snatch
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
punishment (esp. spanking a child); criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
bumping into (each other)
feminist; man who indulges women; gentleman
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to turn left; to turn to the left
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
all you can drink; bottomless cup
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
parking area for bicycles; bicycle parking
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
desk lamp; floor lamp; standard lamp
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
in search of; in order to look for
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
folding; collapsible; telescopic
synthetic leather; artificial leather; leatherette
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
multiple personality; split personality
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation