cherry blossom (colour, color)
first thing in the morning
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
separate case; another matter
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to be silent; to say nothing
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
near; close; beside; third person
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
printout; (computer) printing
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
capable of anything; liable to do
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
passion; temper; irritability
explosion; rupture; break off
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome