axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
because of; owing to; due to
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
future (usually near); prospects
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to come and go; to go back and forth
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to bury; to embed; to implant
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
solitude; loneliness; isolation
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to form a pair; to pair up
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
town; city; municipal; urban
sudden; abrupt; unexpected