to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
stretch (of a material); stretch material; stretch (exercise); stretching; stretch; straight (course)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
tobacco shop; tobacconist
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to pedal a bicycle; to ride a bicycle; to cycle; to bike
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
right beside; close to; nearby
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
man; male; masculine gender
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
honorific/polite/humble prefix
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to like; to love; to be fond of
it's been a long time; long time no see
student (esp. a university student)
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate