pine tree (Pinus spp.);  highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
 torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.);  flambeau;  torchlight
 Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora);  Japanese umbrella pine;  tanyosho pine
 Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
 (sound of) wind blowing through pine trees;  (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony);  matsukaze;  sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
 young pine;  New Year's symbolic pine decoration
 matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
 check (pattern);  ichimatsu doll
 New Year's pine decoration
 Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
 barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping);  high, middle and low (ranking);  top, middle and bottom;  upper, medium, lower
 New Year's Week (festivities)
 pine tree growing on a rock
 pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.)  bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
 black pine (Pinus thunbergii);  Japanese black pine
 pine needle;  small gift;  souvenir
 (Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
 checked pattern;  chequered pattern;  checks;  checkers;  chequers
 sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)
 ichimatsu doll;  traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust
 Rhizopogon rubescens (species of edible mushroom)
 evergreen tree;  conifer;  pine and cypress;  duty;  constancy
 (sound of) wind through pine trees;  soughing of wind through pine trees;  (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle
 (Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
 pineal;  pineal body;  pineal gland
 small pine;  short pine tree
 square or rectangular bento box containing cross-shaped separators
 snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio);  queen crab;  champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
 New Year's pine decorations
 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis);  oceanic bonito;  victorfish
 Matsumae pickles;  dried squid, kombu, and herring roe pickled together
 temple juniper (Juniperus rigida);  needle juniper
 Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
 stag seaweed (Codium fragile);  green sea fingers;  dead man's fingers;  felty fingers;  forked felt-alga;  sponge seaweed
 winter pine;  pine tree that endures the cold of winter;  person who does not waver from their own principles
 rice cooked with matsutake
 New Year's pine decorations
 Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
 beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees; (lit.) white sand, green pines
 closest pine-tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
 stag seaweed (Codium fragile);  green sea fingers;  dead man's fingers;  felty fingers;  forked felt-alga;  sponge seaweed
 the first bonito of the season
 gypsy rose (Scabiosa japonica);  gipsy rose;  scabiosa
 common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
 Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora);  small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi")
 rice cooked with matsutake
 trailing ice plant (Lampranthus spectabilis)
 sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)
 snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio);  queen crab;  champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
 Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
 common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
 moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
 Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis)
 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora);  Japanese umbrella pine;  tanyosho pine
 soot of burnt pine;  ink stick (made from burnt pine)
 long marriage; (lit.) twin pines at Takasago
 Matsugasaki Station (Kyoto)
 barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
 cicada abundant in late spring
 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)
 pine shoot pulled out during ne-no-hi-no-asobi
 Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis);  Jezo spruce
 whisk fern (Psilotum nudum)
 Pinales (order of plants)
 monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana);  Japanese birch
 pine tree growing on a rock
 matsutake mushroom gathering
 blockhead;  dunce;  dimwit;  dolt;  slowcoach;  slowpoke
 (music of) wind through pine trees
 Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
 common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum);  Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)
 Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)
 Salsola komarovii (species of saltwort)
 rice cooked with matsutake
 snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis);  snow-flower
 Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)
 common juniper (Juniperus communis)
 scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
 Notonecta triguttata (species of backswimmer)
 insects harmful to pine trees
 pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
 pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)
 tending pine trees (esp. in autumn)
 Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
 mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
 mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
 pines with entwined branches
 Shotokan (style of karate)
 middle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
 furthest pine tree from a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)
 Matsumoto sarin gas attack (June 27-28, 1994)
 brown tinged with olive green and indigo
 dark yellowish green (similar to olive green)
 dark yellowish green (similar to olive green)
 brown tinged with olive green
 brown tinged with olive green
 luchu pine (Pinus luchuensis);  Okinawa pine
 Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla)
 men are the strong base to which women cling; (lit.) men are pine trees, women are wisteria vines
 matsukazeyaki;  meatloaf (usu. chicken) sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
 pine oil;  pine-needle oil
 for gifts, it's the thought that counts
 for gifts, it's the thought that counts
 spikenard (essential oil, perfume);  nard
 Ippommatsu Station (Fukuoka)
 Matsuzaki Station (Tottori)
 bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
 Tricholoma bakamatsutake (mushroom);  false matsutake
 ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
 Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
 pine siskin (Carduelis pinus)
 Poria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)
 dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
 longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
 our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum);  yellow bedstraw
 Thalictrum minus var. hypoleucum (variety of lesser meadow rue)
 mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
 mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
 mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
 mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
 Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel)
 needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)
 shore juniper (Juniperus conferta)
 prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus);  prickly cedar;  cade juniper;  cade;  sharp ceda
 European pine marten (Martes martes)
 Tricholoma fulvocastaneum (species of gilled mushroom)