seedling; young plant; rice seedling
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
upward glance; upturned eyes
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
great mountain; large mountain
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
counter for birds or rabbits
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
arable land; plantation; farmland; fazenda; hacienda; large estate
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
8000; eight thousand; many
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
slope; slanting surface; bevel
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
level ground; plain; flatland
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to plow (up); to plough (up)
one house; the same house
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to overflow; to brim over; to flood