function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
stand-up work; work performed standing
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
source of worry; source of distress
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
Saitama (city, prefecture)
from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
grape hyacinth (esp. the starch grape hyacinth, Muscari neglectum)
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)
fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus)
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
cyclamen (esp. species Cyclamen persicum)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
pomegranate (Punica granatum)