お is called “honorific.”
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a
word to indicate politeness |
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a
word added to the beginning of a noun to convey politeness and/or respect |
正月【 しょうがつ
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a
time designated to celebrate the new year |
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[January] the first month of the year |
料理【 りょうり 】
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food
as served in a meal |
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～する
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to
cook food |
おとそ お is honorific.
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Sake
with medicinal herbs for good health during New Year Days.
おみくじを引く【 ひく 】
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Draw
a stick from a wooden box to get a fortune telling paper sold at a shrine and a
temple.
買う【 かう 】 かいます
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to
obtain goods or rights by paying a financial price for them |
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お祈り【 おいのり 】お is honorific.
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～する
Pray (for a god/spirit)
神社【 じんじゃ 】
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a
facility in which a Shinto diety is enshrined |
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an
organization that worships a Shinto god |
お参り【 おまいり 】 お is honorific.
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～する
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to
go in order to worship god or Buddha |
初詣【 はつもうで
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a
person's first visit to a shrine |
行く【 いく 】
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to
go to a destination |
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Japanese card game
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an
act of taking a thing in one's hand |
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節分【 せつぶん 】
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the day before the calendrical
beginning of spring |
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a
day that marks the changing of the seasons |
鬼【 おに 】
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an
imaginary creature |
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[devil] an extremely evil person |
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[outdoors] the outdoors |
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福【 ふく 】
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[happiness] the state of being happy |
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a
house in which to live |
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言う【 いう 】 いいます
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[express] to put into words |
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豆【 まめ 】
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fruits
and seeds, called beans or peas |
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[soy bean] the seed of a soybean plant |
投げる【 なげる 】 なげます
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to
throw with force |
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ひな祭り【 ひなまつり
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the
Doll's Festival |
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桃の節句【 もものせっく
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in
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雛人形【 ひなにんぎょう
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a
doll displayed at the Girl's Festival |
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飾る【 かざる 】
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[decorate] to arrange things to look beautiful |
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女の子【 おんなのこ
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[girl] a young woman |
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集まる【 あつまる 】 あつまります
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[crowd] to come together in numbers |
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菱餅【 ひしもち
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three
red, white and green lozenge-shaped rice cakes stacked on top of each other |
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a
Japanese rice cake made with the powder of a water chestnut |
お菓子【 おかし 】お is
honorific.
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Sweets, snacks
食べる【 たべる 】 たべます
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[eat] to eat something |
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お彼岸【 ひがん 】 お is
honorific.
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the
week of the Vernal Equinox Day and of the Autumnal Equinox Day |
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a
Buddhist services that is performed during the equinoctial week |
お墓参り【 はかまいり
】 お is
honorific.
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Visit
to the family grave yard to clean it and make offerings (such as flowers,
snacks, drinks, etc.)
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[weed] various vegetation that is not a cultivated crop |
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抜く【 ぬく 】 ぬきます
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to
get rid of |
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掃除【 そうじ 】
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[clean] to clean |
花【 はな 】
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[blossom] a flower of a plant |
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食べ物【 たべもの 】
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[food] material for eating |
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お供え【 おそなえ 】 お is
honorific.
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in
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offerings
to God or Buddha |
仏様【 ほとけさま】
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Ancestor or a small deity (often found in a graveyard
or on a street to console a floating spirit.)
花見【 はなみ 】
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a
Japanese custom to eat and drink under a cherry tree when the flowers are in full
bloom, called 'hanami' |
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～する
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the
act of enjoying oneself while viewing cherry blossoms |
桜【 さくら 】
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[cherry-tree] a fruit tree called cherry |
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木の下【 きのした
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the
area under a tree |
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[banquet] a splendid meal |
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～する
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[dine] to treat someone to a meal |
作る【 つくる
】 つくります つくって is te-form.
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to
complete work on something, changing it into a completely new thing |
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持っていく【 もっていく
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To bring |
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an
act of singing to a recorded accompaniment of a song |
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踊る【 おどる 】 おどります
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[dance] perform physical activity (dance) |
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お酒【 さけ 】 お is honorific.
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[liquor] alcoholic beverages |
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Japanese
sake |
たくさん【 たくさん 】
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A lot,
much, many, plenty of,
飲む【 のむ 】 のみます
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to
drink and enjoy alcohol |
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友達【 ともだち
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person defined by personal relation (person who is
a friend such as school friend, fishing buddy, classmate, etc.) |
仕事【 しごと 】
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something
that is to be done by someone |
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[job] one's occupation to make a living |
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one's
occupation |
同僚【 どうりょう
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someone
who has the same position as one in the workplace |
仲間【 なかま 】
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a
group of people who do something together |
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話す【 はなす 】
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[speak] to speak of something; mention |
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[tell] to tell something |
子供【 こども 】
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an
infant |
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日【 ひ 】
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子供【
こども 】の日【 ひ 】 Children’s day
(May 5th)
たんごの節句【 せっく
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a
day for celebrating the well-being
of children |
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Carp (fish)
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a
long piece of cloth usually in the shape of carps or with a pattern or picture on it, that is fastened on
one edge to a pole |
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こいのぼり in
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上げる【 あげる 】 あげます こいのほりをあげます
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[raise] to lift someting or a part of the body
to a higher position |
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五月【 ごがつ 】
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[May] the fifth month of the year, called May |
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[doll] a toy that is shaped like a person |
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柏餅【 かしわもち
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a
rice cake with sweet red bean paste, wrapped in an oak leaf |
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ちまき【 ちまき 】
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Sticky rice cake wrapped in a bamboo leaves.
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in
contemporary |
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里帰り【 さとがえり
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Going back
to a town where people are from to meet parents and relatives
旅行【 りょこう 】
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[journey] an act of leaving from home for a certain period of time |
温泉【 おんせん 】
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water
that is heated by subterranean heat and which flows to the earth's surface |
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[dwelling] a building for people to live in |
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a
house in which to live |
ゆっくり【 ゆっくり 】
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[slowly] slowly |
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[leisurely] of something, to be progressing slowly |
休む【 やすむ 】
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[rest] to take a rest |
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[get *one's breath again] to take a short rest |
七夕【 たなばた 】
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in
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A kind
of bamboo tree
飾り【 かざり 】
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a
superficial decoration of something |
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つける つけます
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to
add something to the main thing 飾り【 かざり 】をつける Hang
decorations/trimmings/ornaments append
/ attach / add |
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短冊【 たんざく 】
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a strip of paper that is used for a variety of
reasons. During the Star Festival,
people write their wishes and hang them on the bamboo tree with other
decorations. |
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願い【 ねがい 】
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[hope] the act of desiring something |
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[application] a form to submit for permission, called |
書く【 かく 】 かきます かいて is te-form.
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to
put down letters, marks or other symbols in writing |
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[hang] to hang something |
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星【 ほし 】
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a
celestial body in the sky |
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a
celestial body that is neither the sun, moon nor earth, called star |
かける かけます
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[gamble] to do something with an element of chance and risk present, called
gambling |
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物語【 ものがたり
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[story] a story |
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読む【 よむ 】 よみます
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to
read something written verbatim |
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お盆【 おぼん 】 お is honorific
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the
period or season in which the Buddhist ceremony called 'Buddhist All Soul's
Day,' which according to the old calendar is July 15, is held |
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[O-Bon] a Japanese Buddhist festival called Bon |
盆踊り【 ぼんおどり
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a
dance performed during the Bon festival in |
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夜店【 よみせ 】
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a
shop that sells things on the street at night |
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花火【 はなび 】
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a
thing called a firework which people enjoy because of its gleam, color and sound when ignited |
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大会【 たいかい 】
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a
large meeting held by many people |
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an
assembly in which all members of an organization participate |
見る【 みる 】 みます
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of
a person, to see the shape or figure of an object |
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祭り【 まつり 】
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[ceremony] gathering, meet, amusement (ceremony, formal visit) |
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the
act of making a fuss at a festival |
参加【 さんか 】
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[participate] One perticipates in a
matter. |
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to
take part in (a meeting) |
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[join] change in inclusion relation (join, become part of
organization) |
お神輿【 おみこし 】 お is honorific
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A
portable shrine, which many people carry around together on the street
かつぐ かつぎます
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[shoulder] to carry something on the shoulder |
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Rice
cake (usually small ball shaped rice cakes) |
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月見【 つきみ 】お is honorific
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in
Japan, the enjoyment of watching the moon on the night of the full moon on
the 15th of August or 13th of September, called 'mitsuki' |
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a
state of taking pleasure in gazing at the moon |
敬老の日【 けいろうのひ
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a
national holiday in |
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[pop] an elderly man |
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[grandfather] a grandfather |
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an
old woman |
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[grandmother] a grandmother |
会う【
あう 】 あいます
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[meet] to meet a person |
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[come across] become connected, related, joined (encounter a
person or event unexpectedly) |
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[come across] become connected, related, joined (encounter a
person or event unexpectedly) |
贈り物【 おくりもの
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[gift] something given others to express one's feeling of gratitude
and blessing |
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秋【 あき 】
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the
season from September to November in the northern hemisphere |
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山【 やま 】
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A mountain
紅葉【 こうよう 】
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a
leaf that has changed color in autumn |
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a
leaf that has turned red in the autumn |
紅葉狩り【 もみじがり
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the
act of viewing/looking for maple trees, which are turning their color 狩り means “hunting” excursion for viewing scarlet maple leaves |
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[drive] to travel by automobile |
出かける【 でかける 】
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[set out] to head towards a place |
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[depart] to commence a journey |
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the
day on which the birth of Christ is celebrated |
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a
cake decorated with cream and fruit |
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[cake] a confectionary common to countries of the west that is soft
in texture, called cake |
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[offering] a gift to express gratitude and blessing |
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[give] to give a person something |
交換【 こうかん 】
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[trade] to give one thing in exchange for another |
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[substitute] to exchange something |
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[festival] a party where food and drink in enjoyed by many people |
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[party] a group of people gathered for the same purpose |
年末【 ねんまつ 】
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[year-end] the end of the year |
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Big / thorough cleaning |
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準備【 じゅんび 】
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[arrange] to prepare beforehand, to form plans |
年越し【 としこし
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a
celebration held on the last day of the year to pass the old year and welcome
the new year |
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a
type of noodle, called buckwheat noodles |
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[buckwheat] a plant called buckwheat |
紅白【 こうはく 】
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colors called red and white |
歌合戦【 うたがっせん
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Singing
tournament
紅白【
こうはく 】歌合戦【 うたがっせん 】
A singing show on
the New Year Eve between the most popular female (red) and male(while)
singers of the year.
除夜の鐘【 じょやのかね
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the
sounds of the {watch-night bell} on New Year's Eve |
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聞く【 きく 】 ききます
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[hear] to hear a sound |