energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
small number; few; minority
intention; personal opinion
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
painting red; vermillion lacquering
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
lover; sweetheart; mistress
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
vertical stripes; striped fabric
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)