to happen to pass by; to pass by
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
those (near the second person)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
other side; opposite side; other party
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to face on; to look out on to
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)