Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
half-florescent; half-bloomed
agreement; assent; Norway
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
olive (colour, color); olive brown
similar color; similar colour
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
mountain range; mountain belt
partly open; in half bloom
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)