flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
(dead) end; end of the line
terrain; geographical features; topography
vetala; corpse demon; corpse ghost; ghoul
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in succession; one by one
to come and go; to go back and forth
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
grains; lumps; drops; grainy; bumpy; coarse
runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
a little bit; a little while
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
leaves turning red (in autumn); red leaves; autumn colours; fall colors
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to itch; to feel itchy; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
engineer; technical officer
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
mountain road; mountain trail
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
Nausicaä (from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)