flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
writing (e.g. as a profession)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
amount of material resources
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
in the face of; in defiance of
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
remaining quantity; residual quantity
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to attack; to assault; to assail
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
root; joint; base; crotch
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
four (long cylindrical things)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)