drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
ditch with running water; drainage channel
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
road approaching a shrine
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
to mow; to reap; to harvest
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
growing thickly; growing densely
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
like this; this sort; this way
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential