Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
over a wall; crossing a fence
flowering crab apple (Malus halliana); Kaido crab apple (Malus micromalus); Chinese flowering apple (Malus spectabilis); Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata); aronia (flower)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
dark; not understood; unknown
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
Ono no Komachi (poetess of the Heian period among the six and thirty-six immortals)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
spring water; clear (pure) water
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
infancy; childhood; tender age
divorce; unrealized marriage prospects
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
nature of one's business; business instinct
to be away from home; to be out of the house