to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
one's own work; making by oneself
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
originally; by nature; from the start
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
1,000,000; one million; million; many
incident; affair; happening; event
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to rock; to shake; to swing
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
life; living; I; me; student
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)