happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
at least; at most; (even) just
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
conviction; belief; confidence
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
ringing; throbbing violently
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to squash; to crush; to flatten
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
retreating figure; appearance from behind
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
until now; so far; up to the present
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 hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
murder; killing; murderer
a little bit; a little while
story; tale; talk; discussion
when it comes to; concerning
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)