grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
morning fog; morning mist
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
trouble; quarrel; dispute
concession; conciliation; compromise
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
short pants; shorts; breeches; knickerbockers
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
wolf; rapacious person; merciless and greedy person
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
growing thickly; growing densely
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to sit down; to take a seat
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
decision; settlement; definition