to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
peril; danger; hazard; distress
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
three sides; small offering stand
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
dilapidated house; deserted house
drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
scenery; scene; landscape
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
hillock; small hill; knoll; hummock
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime)
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.)
to kick up (a ball, dust, etc.); to kick upwards (at)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder