elegance; taste; refinement
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
dullard; indecisive person
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
resultant force; assistance; help; donation; alms
herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
what's what; heads or tails
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
New Year's Eve; December 31
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...