negotiations; discussions; connection
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to trample down; to devastate
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
remembrance; recollection; recognition
older sister; lass; young lady
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
hello; good day; good afternoon
right beside; close to; nearby
to rush over; to run up to
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to jump at; to be attracted by
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
name; given name; first name
cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively
it is I who should say so
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
going down smoothly (esp. of beer); tasting good going down
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)