imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Japanese robin (Erithacus akahige)
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to prove; to substantiate
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to roll about; to writhe about
whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet; panicking; rushing around in a fluster; working in a panic
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
to crouch; to squat; to cower
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
precocity; early ripening; premature development
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
innocent; cherubic; childlike
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
to fly around; to scatter
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
height (of body); stature
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
to lie deep in; to extend far back
to rock; to shake; to swing
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men