companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
graduation ceremony; commencement
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
wish; desire; ambition; choice
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
sympathy; compassion; pity
to suppress one's emotions
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to dye; to colour; to color
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
human rights; civil liberties
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead