cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
inspector; auditor; examiner; comptroller
treatment (of a person); dealing with
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
relation; connection; relevance
all present; all concerned; all of us
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits