to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
Japanese green gentian (Swertia japonica); alderfly (esp. species Sialis japonica); alder fly
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
Buddhist lantern festival
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
early (days); initial stage; initial
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
heart disease; heart trouble; cardiopathy
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
one-by-one; separately; in detail
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
picking; collecting; harvesting
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
flying bird; soaring bird
medical science; medicine
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect