new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
will not do; do not; does not
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
only; just; merely; no more than
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
just one person; only one
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
advantage; benefit; profit; interest