incident; affair; happening; event
tension; mental strain; nervousness
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
one's person; around one's person
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
water's edge; beach; shore
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to sprout; to spring up; to come out
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse