Hydra (constellation); the Sea Serpent
Alphard (aka Alpha Hydra)
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
traditional Japanese dance
contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
birds of a feather flock together
(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
(occurring) in a chain reaction; chain-like; sequential
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
day (as in holiday); daytime
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
commencing with; including
cacao tree (Theobroma cacao); cocoa tree
clear writing; specification
chocolate bar; bar of chocolate
to be brought to mind; to come to mind
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)