next year; following year
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
theological school; seminary
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
was just in; just left; just did
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
celebration for the completion of a project