heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
snake; serpent; large snake
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to do together; to share; to participate in
isolation; being alone; being friendless
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
sunlight filtering through trees
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
village headman; village mayor
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
20th day of the month; 20 days