top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
neighbourhood; neighborhood
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
place; room; margin; scope
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
primary school; elementary school; grade school
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
two (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
pine needle; small gift; souvenir
prickling; stinging; tingling
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
wooden fence; board fence
gap (in a mountain ridge)
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
installment; instalment; premium; bill
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to repeat; to be frequent
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to pluck; to pick; to tear
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
one's possessions; ownership
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest