planting; planting out; transplanting
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
torii; Shinto shrine archway
grove of the village shrine
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to become decrepit; to become senile
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
anger; being angry; being mad
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
Chinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
effect; virtue; efficacy; one's dominant eye
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter