NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
graduation ceremony; commencement
entrance; admission; entering
wedding reception banquet
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
accurate; correct; precise; exact
three; three years of age
musical composition title; song title