explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
time; season; period; phase; stage
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
mending; repair; darning; patching up
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
ago; since; before; previous
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
shop; small store; business; firm
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
subordinate work; assistant; servant
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
small change; coins; small sum of money
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up