shopping; purchased goods
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to hunt up; to locate; to inquire out
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
flaring up; bursting into flames
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits