funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
almost every day; almost daily
to be found; to be discovered
weather measurement station
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
primeval forest; virgin forest
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
in the meanwhile; during the time
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
(electric) torch; flashlight
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)