cultivated fields; countryside
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
advice; recommendation; suggestion; inducement; persuasion
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
illegitimate child; bastard; love child
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
considerably; fairly; quite
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
nature; property; disposition
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
to surround; to crowd around
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
shop; small store; business; firm
top or preceding horizontal column
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
and so; therefore; for that reason
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
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.)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
those (near the second person)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently