twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
saltpan; field for drying salt
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
number one; first; best; most; game; round
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
each house; every house; many houses
singing and (string) music
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
street with houses lined up only on one side
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
young lord; successor of one's current lord
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to clamber (up); to scale
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals