plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
sadness; sorrow; grief; (arch.) affection; (arch.) love
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
level ground; plain; flatland
along the river; riverside
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
cultivated fields; countryside
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
fresh verdure; new green leaves
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
quantity or volume of water
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
bank; weir; embankment; levee
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
opposite bank; farther shore
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range