to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to become clear; to be made public
name; given name; first name
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
10th day of the month; ten days
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
nothing but; except; no more than
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))