to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to have a reason; to have an excuse
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
even if; even though; however; no matter how
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
brush and ink; writing; drawing
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
wooden fence; board fence
although I say; although one might say; although called
great hurry; great haste; rush
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
wild rose; bramble; briar patch; obstacle; source of difficulty
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)
Japanese hawthorn (Crataegus cuneata); may; quickthorn; whitethorn
Japanese hawthorn (Crataegus cuneata); may; quickthorn; whitethorn
wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose