satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
way (of doing); manner; method; means
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to gather; to collect; to assemble
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
all you want; as much as one wants
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
by myself; in person; by oneself
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
novel; original; new; innovative
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
production (e.g. play); direction
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge
smorgasbord; all-you-can-eat buffet
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned