imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
(some) more; even more; longer; further
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
grey heron (Ardea cinerea); gray heron
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
single-lens reflex camera
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
club activities; extracurricular activities
participation; joining; entry; adherence