royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
hunting; oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop (behaviour); hunting cap
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
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)
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to fold up; to fold into layers
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to pass (of time); to elapse
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to chase; to run after; to pursue
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
genuine article; real thing; real deal
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps