branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
military clique; military party
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
space dust; cosmic dust; interstellar dust
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
automatic; intransitive verb
reason; grounds; circumstances
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
links; chain; shackle; linking
group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
crystalline lens (of the eye)
thoughtfulness; diversion; recreation
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
to differ depending on ...
civilized world; civilised world
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
material civilization; material civilisation
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization