to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
sickness and health start with the mind
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
it's been a long time; long time no see
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
talking about memories; reminiscences
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
for the first time in one's life
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps