indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
dry riverbed; river beach
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
calm; composed; leisurely
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
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)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this