rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
eagle (Accipitridae family)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling
koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
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)
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
banknote; bill; note; paper money
full of troubles, difficulties
series of battles; successive battles
consecutive victories; series of victories
study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)
scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game); meld in a starting hand
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
taking the field first, thus batting second
clear writing; specification
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum