variation in color (colour); having a different color
summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
river fish; freshwater fish
tail (animal); tail end; tip
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
speech and conduct; words and deeds
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
men's language; male language
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
arrangement of stones in a garden
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight
watercolors; watercolours; watercolor paint; watercolour paint
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver