plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
quantity or volume of water
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
near the pond; edge of a pond
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to take; to catch; to capture
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought