March; third month of the lunar calendar
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
library; book collection; paperback book
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
article; thing; object; property; real estate
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
finding employment; getting a job
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
(written) work; book; writings
residing; living; dwelling
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to relapse; to reassert; to review
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
it's not like; it isn't as if
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
correction; revision; amendment
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to defy conventional wisdom
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
gradually; slowly but steadily
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant