circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
drop (e.g. of water); drip
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
memories; recollections; reminiscence
wise saying; famous saying
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to affect; to impact; to influence
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to move forward; to move on
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
third day of the month; three days
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
table tennis table; ping-pong table
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to be able to manage somehow or another
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
inundation; submersion; flood
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky