coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
excursion; round trip; seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
hill; hillock; rolling hills; foothills
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
weeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula); weeping Japanese apricot
you could say; you might say; verging on the
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to take a picture; to take a photo
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); scrutiny (of budget requests, etc.); revision (of a budget)
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
investigation; research; looking something up
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
location of a press conference; press conference room
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
above the knee; on one's lap
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper