heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
chilly; unpleasantly cold
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
mountain road; mountain trail
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
elevation; height above sea level
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
deciduous broad-leaved tree
conifer; needle-leaved tree
street at night; making a night journey
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
(electric) torch; flashlight
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan
wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
to lose one's footing; to slip
to cause someone to worry
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender