to blossom; to flower; to bloom
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
day (as in holiday); daytime
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
stationery shop; a stationer
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
strength of a brushstroke
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
by means of; due to; because of; according to
conviction; belief; confidence