a pine tree / a pine branch decorated for the celebration of New Year / the highest rank of a 3-tier ranking system

pray

pray / entreat / beg / plead / prayer

a target, a mark, a bullseye / an objective, an object (of doing something)

white jasmine

(historical) one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture / (poetic) the country of Japan

a crutch (device to assist in motion as a cane)

to wait (for)

(honorific, archaic, rare) a senior court official

matsutake