song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
boundless; infinite; vast
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
individual; one by one; separate; each
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
change; transition; vicissitudes
to investigate; to consider; to plan; to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand
ordinary; common; mediocre
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
assertion; declaration; affirmation
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling
end; close; conclusion; termination
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
very young; little; childish; immature
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition
admiration and devotion; hearty submission
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area