one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
whispering; murmuring; subdued
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
(sound of one's) heartbeat
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
sincerity; true heart; devotion
company; corporation; workplace
originally; by nature; from the start
you could say; you might say; verging on the
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
insectivorous plants; carnivorous plants
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
as you see; as you can see
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
finely chiseled (features)