exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
chalk (mineral); white wall
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 separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
area of holiday homes; area of villas
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
dilapidated house; deserted house
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
inspection; examination; survey
contract; compact; agreement
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
in name only; titular; nominal
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
electricity; (electric) light
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included