shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
to be too numerous; to be too much
appointed date of delivery; delivery time; due date for payment; period for payment; deadline (for payment or delivery)
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
guaranteed; authentic; certified
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
surface mail (by ship); sea mail; ferry service; steamer service
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
all varieties of flowers; many flowers
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
in the city; within the city
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to take on a role; to take part
30th day of the month; 30 days
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)
sensual love; love affair
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
otherwise; if not; or else
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
and; thereupon; because of that