flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
in terms of; from the point of view of
different opinion; objection
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
favorite; favourite; habitually used
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
main force; chief object; mainline
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
middle-of-the-roaders; neutralists; independents
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
precious book; handbook; thesaurus; treasury of words
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
general manager; GM; guided missile; genetically modified; GM
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")