labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
floriculture; flower gardening; floriculturist
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
way of speaking; intimation
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
future (usually near); prospects
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to some extent; to a certain extent
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
first meeting; first interview with