mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
to surround; to crowd around
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
every year; yearly; annually
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
home area; home town; local
people; men and women; each person; everybody
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
after school (at the end of the day)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
inattention; absent-mindedness
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
light and darkness; light and shade
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to be seen dimly; to glimmer
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
don't you think?; indicates question
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
now; the present time; just now; another; more
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago