cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
future (usually near); prospects
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
remembrance; recollection; recognition
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating