to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
every year; yearly; annually
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
many; much; plenty; hardly
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
cushion; pillow; mattress
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
mid-Edo period Imari ware
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)