日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

迎える

To go out to meet; to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to reach, to approach, to enter (a phase, era, etc.); to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for, to summon, to invite; to approach (a certain time, a point in one''s life, etc.)

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays

誕生

Birth, creation, formation

夫妻

Man and wife, married couple

歳

-years-old; ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius

次女

Second daughter

訪問

Call, visit

公式

Formality, formal, official; formula

人

Person

一

One; best; first, foremost; beginning, start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

外国

Foreign country

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

初めて

For the first time; only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..

臨む

To look out on; to face; to deal with; to attend (e.g. function), to appear (e.g. in court)

受ける

To receive, to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow, to succeed, to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well

気持ち

Feeling, sensation, mood; preparedness, readiness, attitude; thanks, solicitude, sympathy; just a little, somewhat, slightly

文化

Culture, civilization, civilisation; bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

歴史

History

訪問

Call, visit

歓迎

Welcome, reception

感謝

Thanks, gratitude

月

Monday

現地

Actual place, local, on-site

家

House (e.g. of tokugawa), family

今

The current ..., this; today''s ..

聞く

To hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask, to enquire, to query; to learn of, to hear about; to follow (advice), to comply with; to smell (esp. incense), to sample fragrance

話

Counter for stories, episodes of tv series, etc

持つ

To hold (in one''s hand), to take, to carry; to possess, to have, to own; to maintain, to keep; to last, to be durable, to keep, to survive; to take charge of, to be in charge of

人々

Each person, people, men and women, everybody

に対して

Towards, against, regarding, in contrast with

専門

Speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert, area of expertise

相談

Consultation, discussion

卒業

Graduation, completion (e.g. of a course); outgrowing something, moving on

後

After

際

On the occasion of, circumstances, juncture

就職

Finding employment, getting a job

月

Monday

公務

Official business, public business

姉

Older sister, elder sister

大学

Post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc; former central university of kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the great learning - one of the four books

両親

Parents, both parents

思う

To think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember

彼女

She, her; her; girlfriend, sweetheart

述べる

To state, to express, to mention

記者

Reporter

良い

Good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer), ready, prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial; ok

会見

Interview, audience

先月

Last month

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..

持てる

To be able to possess (hold, get, etc.); to be well liked, to be popular, to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.), to be welcomed; to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.), to last; possessed; possessing riches, having wealth

ライフワーク

lifework, life's work

出席

Attendance, presence, appearance; to attend, to be present, to appear

予定

Plans, arrangement, schedule, program, programme, expectation, estimate

一般

General, universal; ordinary, average, common

行事

Event, function

年始

New year''s call, beginning of the year, new year''s greetings

参賀

congratulatory palace visit