to pick up; to find; to gather
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
New Year's Eve; December 31
major cleanup; spring cleaning
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to comfort; to console; to amuse
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
head house (family); birthplace; originator
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
finger flick to the forehead
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
perfect; complete; flawless
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to be able to manage somehow or another