karoshi; death from overwork
successive generations; successive emperors
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
sprouts; new shoots; young buds
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
all you want; as much as one wants
formal marriage interview
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
old friend; old acquaintance
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to make one feel grateful
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
report card; result sheet
(examination) comments and marks; rating
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to have a long life; to live a long time
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
sex slave; sexual slavery
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
desperate measure; last-ditch effort
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
admiration; being impressed (by)
symbol; emblem; mental image; representation; idea