(in) the mountains; (among) the mountains; (through) the mountains; (in a) mountain valley
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
it seems so; that's what it looks like
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
particularly; only; in the case of
home delivery (of food); outside catering
to get out of bed; to show a leg
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
abundant harvest; bumper crop
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
(United States of) America; USA
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season
portable earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
grated daikon; daikon grater
to dress (e.g. a salad); to toss (in a sauce or dressing)
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...