taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
rather; better; instead; if anything
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
all present; all concerned; all of us
individual; one by one; separate; each
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
good feeling; feeling good
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
unidentified flying object; UFO
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)