land near a castle; castle town
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
longed-for; anxiously awaited
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to tire; to weary; to exhaust; to fatigue
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
billow; surge; large wave
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
at once; there and then; immediately
large tree; big tree; huge tree
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to run about trying to escape
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right