constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
government office building
February; second month of the lunar calendar
student in a lower grade; underclassman
every year; yearly; annually
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to cover with plastic wrap (e.g. food)
chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
just the other day; quite recently
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs)
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to have a reason; to have an excuse
Mayday (call for help); May Day (May 1)
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
passion; ardor; enthusiasm; The Passion
laxative; purgative; evacuant