German shepherd (dog breed); Alsatian; shepherd
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
classification; categorization; sorting
transcendence; transcendency
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to slide into; to slip into
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
that is to say; so that means
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress