model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
originally; by nature; from the start
traditional; conventional
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
control; management (e.g. of a business)
enactment; establishment; creation
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
that's the way it is; such is life
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
(religious) faith; belief; creed
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen