good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
boy; son; baby boy; young man
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
koinobori; carp streamer; carp-shaped windsock traditionally flown to celebrate the Children's Day in May
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
river; stream; River; the ... river
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to ascend; to go up; to climb
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed