severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
foliage plant; green vegetables
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
distant look; faraway look
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
supplementary lecture; supplementary lesson; extra classes
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
unspecified; random; indefinite
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
bringing; taking; carrying
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind
picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures; picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
to form a pair; to pair up
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
leaving a matter to chance
attractive face and figure
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity