to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
March; third month of the lunar calendar
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
parting; separation; farewell
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
graduation ceremony; commencement
time; season; period; phase; stage
Aomori (city, prefecture)
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
memory; sense; experience
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
family; relatives; dependents; household
discriminatory; discriminative
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
in the morning; during the morning
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
war; fighting; fierce competition
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection