mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
health; healthy; sound; fit
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
danger; peril; hazard; risk
time; season; period; phase; stage
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
had better ...; had better not ...
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
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
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
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 in sight; 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 (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
diagonal move (in the game of go)
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
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; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
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; sunbeams
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)