winter landscape; winter scenery; wintry landscape; wintry scene
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
moon (esp. full moon); circle fashioned after the moon; decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole; straw trivet; white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to waste time; to kill time
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
living in the mountains; house in the mountains
hills and fields; countryside
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to strike dead; to beat to death
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); abbot's chamber; chief priest
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance (esp. Mount Yoshino in Nara Prefecture)
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind