understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to mow; to reap; to harvest
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
original author (of a work)
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
finger; hands and fingers; hands
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
one breath; chug!; drink!
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
drinking bout; merrymaking
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
to turn one's thoughts to; to pay attention to; to give heed to
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to make merry; to be festive
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute