Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
just as I thought; as expected; that's why
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
celebration; congratulations
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to occur repeatedly; to be repeated
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
on the occasion of; at the time of
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
ancient ways; the feelings of the ancients
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
drinking party hall; banquet seat
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
emphasis; stress; main point; point of a lever where force is applied
other than; excluding; without
age or life of the emperor
white-flowered camellia (Camellia japonica var.)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest