gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
since when; from when; how long
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
rather; better; instead; if anything
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
cornflower (Centaurea cyanus); bluebottle
lily of the valley (Convallaria keiskei)
German chamomile (Matricaria recutita); German camomile
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); Korean rose
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include