to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
too much; excessively; too
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
proposal; offer; request; application
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
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
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
rather; better; instead; if anything
interval; break; pause; spare moment
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum