scale; scope; plan; structure
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
to be erected; to be built
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
level ground; plain; flatland
surroundings; circumference
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
slope; slanting surface; bevel
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
primeval forest; virgin forest
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
signs of human habitation
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
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 sit down; to take a seat
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
appearance and disappearance
so; like this; in this way
ingratitude; thanklessness
reproachful; hateful; bitter
reason; cause; circumstances
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)