inner garden (esp. small, traditional); courtyard
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
(ship or shipbuilding) timber or plank
small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage; small garden gate
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
difference; discrepancy; variation
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
even if not; even without
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to prosper; to flourish; to copulate (animals)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
please (give me); please (do for me)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to get late; to advance; to wear on
Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
entreaty; appeal; petition
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind