making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
only; merely; but; no more than
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
door; gate; opening; title page
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
almost; roughly; approximately
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
many; much; plenty; hardly
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)