log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
steep mountain road; dangerous mountain path
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
charcoal; charred remains
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)