to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
early morning crowing of a rooster; brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
too much; excessively; too
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
sweet-scented; lustrous, shiny and beautiful
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
level ground; plain; flatland
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
together; mutually; fellow
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
controlling; suppressing; quelling
hokora; small wayside shrine
triangle; triangular shape
terrain; geographical features; topography
front; frontage; facade; main
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
here and there; in places
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive