physical strength; muscle strength
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)
recorder (musical instrument); English flute
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to bring; to take; to bring about
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry