to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to stop talking; to be silent
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
very likely; very probable
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
walking briskly; determinedly
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
piece of cake; a walk in the park
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
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