unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
person concerned; interested party; related party
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
lifelike; exact resemblance
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
fourth day of the month; four days
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
growing wild (naturally); native
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one