indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
Yoshino cherry (Prunus yedoensis)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
here and there; in places
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
established by a town; town-run; municipal
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...