cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
battlefield; battleground
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
match; game; bout; contest
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
ordinary; in the past; usual; regular
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to become settled; to be fixed
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
-less; lacking; non-existing
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
(at the) last moment; (in the) nick of time
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
rather; better; instead; if anything
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
high; noble; refined; advanced
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend