soil with manure; composted soil
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
something; what; why; how
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit down; to take a seat
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to rest one's chin in one's hands
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
speaking voice; talking voice
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander