sublime; noble; high-minded
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
March; third month of the lunar calendar
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
sweet-scented; lustrous, shiny and beautiful
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up