buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
wind blowing down, coming over a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
one's place of appointment; one's post
mountain range; mountain belt
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
conifer; needle-leaved tree
black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine
sunlight filtering through trees
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to check; to stop; to keep back
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
one person; another name; nickname; alias
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report