(one's) youth; one's younger days
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to dye; to colour; to color
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
primeval forest; virgin forest
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to go along; to walk along; to follow
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
basket; basketball; basket cloth
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
skill; dexterity; proficiency
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
longing for others; wanting company
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
like that; that way; thus
(a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to drop; to let fall; to omit