cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
after that; afterwards; thereafter
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
downward adjustment; downward revision
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
reality; actuality; hard fact
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel