yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to spend time (on doing something)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
mountain climbing; mountaineering
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
reality; actuality; hard fact
clear; distinct; evident; definite
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
incident; affair; happening; event
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to examine someone's expression
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings