green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
(religious) faith; belief; creed
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to forget completely; to leave behind
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
each house; every house; many houses
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
permanent preservation; permanent repository; keeping something permanently; preservation in perpetuity
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
every single word and phrase; word by word
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to throw on the fire; to burn
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base