running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to outrun; to run through to the end
nothing but; none other than
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
laboratory animal; experimental animal
cenotaph; memorial monument
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
Europe and America; the West
if you think about it; come to think of it
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
consoling the spirits of the dead
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
classification; categorization; sorting
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
large number (of); many; majority
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
to be photographed; to be projected
best photograph; best shot
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch