cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
game under lights (e.g. baseball); night game
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
that day; the very same day
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
stoppage time; injury time; added time; lost time; wasted time
succession; continuation; series; sequence
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
river; stream; River; the ... river
legend; folklore; tradition
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
such; this sort of; like this
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)