gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to squeeze out; to wring out
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to complete decisively; to do to completion
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to fall ill; to be taken ill
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
sowing; seeding; planting
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
on the occasion of; at the time of
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
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)
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
all over; all over the place; everywhere
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
finite; limited; restricted