gathering edible wild plants
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to detain; to check; to restrain
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
(turned out) all right in the end
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
near; nearby; not far off
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
to arrange (one's) shoes (e.g. in a genkan)
creak; squeak; creaking sound
plank used to dry wet clothes or paper
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
putting out the light; switching off the light
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)