painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to lose sight of; to miss
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
clearing one's throat; cough
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
assertion; declaration; affirmation
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
scenery; scene; landscape
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
setting off (on a trip); departure
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
reluctance to part; sorrow at parting
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality