My words

一年中

いちねんじゅう いちねんぢゅう いちねんちゅう

all year round

受付

うけつけ

reception (desk) information desk receipt acceptance

広場

ひろば

plaza (public) square piazza forum open space

問題

もんだい

question (eg on a test) problem problem (eg societal political) question issue subject (eg of research) case matter question (ie doubt) public discussion controversy trouble problem inconvenience difficulty

同じ

おなじ おんなじ おなじ、おんなじ

same identical equal uniform equivalent similar common (origin) changeless alike (usu part of a nara conditional) anyway anyhow in either case

集まる

あつまる

to gather to collect to assemble

始まる

はじまる

to begin to start to commence to happen (again) to begin (anew) to date (from) to originate (in)

終わる

おわる

to finish to end to close

中止します

Chūshishimasu

Canceled

返す

かえす

to return (something) to restore to put back to turn over to turn upside down to overturn to pay back to retaliate to reciprocate to repeat to do back

教える

おしえる

to teach to inform to instruct

祭り

まつり

festival feast harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob online shaming flaming galore (as in goals galore) frenzy mania

日本祭り

Nihon matsuri

japanese festival

会場

かいじょう

assembly hall meeting place venue grounds

入場料

にゅうじょうりょう

entrance fee, admission fee, admission, entrance charge, admission charge

参加者

さんかしゃ

participant, entrant

急ぐ

いそぐ

to hurry to rush to hasten to make something happen sooner

決める

きめる

to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match) to persist in doing, to go through with to always do, to have made a habit of to take for granted, to assume to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs to appoint to determine to decide to resolve to set ones heart on to make up ones mind to arrange to choose to fix to set to settle

知る

しる

to be aware of to know to be conscious of to cognize to cognise to notice to feel to understand to comprehend to grasp to remember to be acquainted with (a procedure) to experience to go through to learn to be acquainted with (a person) to get to know to concern

正月

しょうがつ

New Year (esp first three days) the first month of the year January

年末

ねんまつ

endofyear

年始

ねんし

New Years call, beginning of the year, New Years greetings

親

おや しん

intimacy, closeness, friendliness close relative pro- (e.g. pro-American, pro-Japanese, etc.)

忙しい

いそがしい せわしい

busy hectic occupied engaged

特別

とくべつ

special

帰国

きこく

return to ones country

喜ぶ

よろこぶ

to be delighted to be glad to be pleased to congratulate to gratefully accept

幸せ

しあわせ しやわせ

happiness good fortune luck blessing

成長

せいちょう

growth, grow to adulthood growth

長生き

ながいき

longevity, long life