flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
regret; repentance; remorse
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to tighten; to press hard
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away