unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
every year; yearly; annually
mountain climbing; mountaineering
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to beckon (to); to invite; to give orders
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
dawn; daybreak; beginning
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
Liliaceae (the lily family)
gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
neophilia; love of new or novel things; one who loves new or novel things
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
sensitiveness; sensitivity; delicacy (e.g. of feeling)
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); chili pepper; nanban
red hair; (arch.) Westerner (esp. a Dutchman)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
great variety of flowering plants; light greenish-blue; various
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)