to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
river; stream; River; the ... river
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
scenery; scene; landscape
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
depiction; description; portrayal
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
colour; color; hue; tints
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning