Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
(full) moon; moon when it's round
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
to be muddy; to be slushy
addition; increase; Canada
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
near; nearby; not far off
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
mountain hamlet; mountain village
disturbance; riot; mayhem
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
roundabout road; curving road
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
wild beast; wild animal; brute
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise