even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
a new house; a branch family
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
construction; architecture (of buildings)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
internal organs; viscera; intestines
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
being very busy; busyness
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to approach the year end; to be jammed tight
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river