hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
March; third month of the lunar calendar
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Boys' Day celebration (May 5); Dragon Boat Festival (China)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
every year; yearly; annually
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
beginning; outset; first; onset
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)
calendar; calendar system
a long time ago; long before now
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar