white magnolia; Magnolia denudata
weeping forsythia (Forsythiae fructus, Forsythia suspensa); weeping golden bell
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to underrate; to make light of
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
remarkable; striking; obvious
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
in that way; like that; that way
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
construction; architecture (of buildings)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
dwelling; house; residence; address
rest; break; recess; intermission
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
just managing; with great difficulty
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
talk; conversation; dialogue
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
possible; likely; probable
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that