cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
by means of; due to; because of; according to
older employee who does not have much actual work
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
instant; moment; for an instant
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
to be hairy (person); to be thickly bearded; to be dense (vegetation); to be thick; to be slow (person); to be dull
Heisei period (January 8, 1989-April 30, 2019)
such a thing; something like that
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa); cock sorrel; sour dock
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread