Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
great wisdom; excellent disposition; strength (to face something); willpower; vigor
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
sprouts; new shoots; young buds
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
in the meanwhile; during the time
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
still; even now; to this day
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
bedside; near one's pillow