leaves turning yellow (in autumn); yellow leaves; golden leaves; autumn colours; fall colors
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
to come back; to bloom a second time
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
25th day of the month; 25 days
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
classification; categorization; sorting
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
English(-language) literature; British literature
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
great writer; literary master; distinguished author
place; position; location; position; standing; status
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing