flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
good humour (humor); good mood
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
heavy smoker; habitual smoker; person who loves smoking; tobacco lover
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to push (something) against
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another