calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
bento; Japanese box lunch
pickled vegetables; pickles
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
characteristics of an age
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to become better; to improve
shop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories
decoration; ornament; trimmings
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
color of a flower (colour); light indigo; light blue
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing