to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
open (attitude, etc.); openhearted; frank; open (space); spacious
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
refinement; elegance; grace
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
everywhere; all over; throughout
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
diligent; hardworking; healthy; well; faithful; honest
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
else; in addition; besides