as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
little by little; bit by bit
aspect; phase; condition; modality
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
oxidized silver; oxidised silver; something restrained but impressive (e.g. performance); something quiet but superb; something masterfully controlled
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called