to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); Korean rose
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)
lumping together; putting all together
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
quite; utterly; really; completely
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
tips of one's hair; hair ends
sweet-scented; lustrous, shiny and beautiful
just like; the same as; no different than
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw one's head (or shoulders) back; to throw out one's chest
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
traditional Japanese dance
research (institute, laboratory, group, etc.)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to press a question; to cross-examine
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
feeling sick (suddenly); feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry (suddenly); being offended; being disgusted
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to fall from heaven (the sky)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
as if it were about oneself