to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
sunlight; rays of the Sun
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
invisibly; secretly; privately
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
slope; slanting surface; bevel
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
complication; confusion; disorder
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
process; course; mechanism
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
contemporary novel; modern novel