to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to be excited; to be elated
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
dated; date; fixed; external
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
sunlight; rays of the Sun
semi-transparent; translucent
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)