effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
by all means; at all costs
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
son and heir; son who will succeed one
for this very reason; that is exactly why
finding employment; getting a job
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
independence; self-reliance
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
the front; honest; upright; decent
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
light music; popular music
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
composition (of music); setting; writing music