to prowl after; to keep watch on
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
in the mountains; among the mountains
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
care; precaution; guarding; caution
flowers and trees; flowering trees
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
Japanese stone orchid (Dendrobium moniliforme); dendrobium
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
steep mountain; precipitous mountain
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds or rabbits
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.