study; diligence; discount; reduction
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to serve; to work for; to attend
sincere; honest; faithful
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
book; volume; this; present; main; head
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to be given up; to be discontinued
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
crown; diadem; bottle cap
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
fifth day of the month; five days
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to be impressed; to greatly admire
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate