lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
no matter how much time passes
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
trouble; bother; annoyance
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
coexistence; living together
jealousy; roasted rice cake
maximum permissible level or dosage
threshold; breaking point
planned; scheduled; systematic
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
promoting; increase; advance
bell pepper (esp. red and yellow); capsicum; paprika (spice made from sweet peppers)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
leaf vegetable; green vegetable; edible herb
cut end; section; opening; slit
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
visit to a park (kindergarten, zoo, etc.); coming to a park
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
housing district; residential district
tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)