to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
item; article; dish; course; finest item
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
surroundings; environs; circumference
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to do; to commit; to accomplish; to achieve
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
as; because; with; due to
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
almost; roughly; approximately
speckles; spotted pattern
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
wicker trunk; wicker luggage
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
the whole form; perfect form
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
to throw on the fire; to burn
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force