delicate; gentle; fleeting
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
white magnolia; Magnolia denudata
alternative name for lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
toast; congratulatory cup
wild camellia (Camellia japonica); common camellia
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
middle day (e.g. sumo tournament, run of theatrical performances, etc.)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
to be utterly spent or crushed
headlong; head over heels
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
dilapidated house; deserted house
contract; compact; agreement
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
association; society; organization; organisation
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
beyond that point; after that
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of