to make merry; to be festive
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
regret; repentance; remorse
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
many communities (villages); cluster of plants
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
prohibition; inhibition; ban
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring
Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
due form; official; formality
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
discovery; detection; finding
any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox); double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
modern person; people of today
mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
sweet white sake; doburoku (unrefined sake)
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 ...); (somebody's) side
to look forward to something
display of dolls during Hinamatsuri; Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to make a typo; to type the wrong character
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)