annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
field; plain; prairie; moor
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to jump from one thing to another
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
piece of cake; a walk in the park
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
living; lifestyle; living room
some people; a few people; several people
a little bit; a little while
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
ninja implement (shuriken, etc.)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
delivery; transfer; hand-over
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice