to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga and Tokyo)
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
fully prepared; all ready
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon