line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
old friend; old acquaintance
group; bunch; crowd; group
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to be too numerous; to be too much
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
descendant; posterity; offspring
southern part; the south (of a region)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
hardships; privations; difficulties
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
rolled letter paper; roll of paper