to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
full length; total length; overall length
dozens; scores of; decades
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
semen; seminal fluid; sperm
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
right under; directly below; right beneath
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
at least; at most; (even) just
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)