certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
boy; son; baby boy; young man
every year; yearly; annually
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
fourth day of the month; four days
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
parents' observation day (at school); parents' visiting day; open day
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment