inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
short story; short film; short poem
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
decline; downfall; ruin(ation)
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
natural disaster; cataclysm
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
low rank; wickedness; vulgarity
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
beginning (of a century, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
pressure; oppression; suppression
broad; vast; boundless; wide
bank; embankment; dike; reservoir; pond
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral