to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
real world; outside world (e.g. the world outside of school)
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
kind-hearted; compassionate; charitable
even if not; even without
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to cultivate (land); to clear (land)
seed (of a fruit); pit; tongue (projecting strip on a board that fits into a groove on another board); clitoris; (arch.) core; (arch.) kernel
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
burning off a field (in early spring)
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
behavior; behaviour; deportment
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day
how; in what way; in what manner
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to haul up; to pull up (with both hands); to reel in