confession; confidential talk; frank talk
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
to spurn; to snub; to treat with contempt
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
be (that) as it may; having said that
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
expert(ise); skill; dexterity
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
returning tit for tat; retaliating
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
interference; intervention; meddling
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
here and there; in places
iron (steel) wire; Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica); lily-of-the-valley