now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
every year; yearly; annually
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
26th day of the month; 26 days
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
as hoped for; as expected
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
high-quality goods; luxury item
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
local specialty; special product (of a region)
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
having a place to oneself (e.g. restaurant, movie theater); having the run of a place
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
rectangular company stamp; square company seal
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
all-night vigil over a body; wake
low spirits; lack of enthusiasm; lack of motivation; low voltage (e.g. circuit); low tension (e.g. current)