to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
wide difference; a world of difference
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
darling (woman); dear; one's sister; friend
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL