to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
retaining wall; sheathing
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
regulation; adjustment; control
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
complete; whole; perfect; safe
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
gap; hole; confiscation of property (Edo period); punishment involving exile and expropriation (Edo period); estate lacking a feudal lord (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
hedge; fence; border; limit
female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
sour look; surly face; pout
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder