seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
caricature; cartoon; comics
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Chinese catalpa
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
another thing; other things; another man's property
storehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata); mandarin melon berry; silkworm thorn; cudrang
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
one's husband; one's wife
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
female private parts; female genitals
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
charm; incantation; spell; curse
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
abundant harvest; bumper crop
both sides; two sides; double-sided
interior; inside; internal
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather