to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
chapter one; first chapter
matcha; powdered green tea
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
every year; yearly; annually
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
general (variety) store (shop)
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a pickled cherry leaf
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
showcase; display case; vitrine
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen