small hill; low hill; hillock
children's park; children's playground
play equipment; playground equipment
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
school building; schoolhouse
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
the place for; the time for; the level of
training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
area; region; district; locality
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
vigorous movement; dynamism; psychodynamics
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
everlasting fortune in battle; continued luck in war
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
in proportion to; according to; depending on
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member