to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
shingle roof; house with a shingle roof
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
thrift; economy; frugality
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
just a minute; small quantity
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
lagoon; inlet; creek; tidal beach; tidal flat
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
common reed (Phragmites australis)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to pluck; to pick; to tear
Tochigi prefecture (Kanto area)
culm (hollow stem of a grass)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
eternal; unlimited; endless
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
(giving) instruction; initiation
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
difference; discrepancy; variation
yashikigami; estate kami; small shrine with kami on or near residential land
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion