poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
wanderer; traveller; traveler
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
being dotted with; being scattered
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
mountain road; mountain trail
basin (e.g. between mountains)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal; snow shovel; snow plow; snow plough
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to go past; to pass; to pass by
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching