along the way; along the road
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
mountain ridge; near a mountain
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
the other day; lately; recently
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
though; even if; whether ... or ...
one or two; a few; small number
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
calls and sounds made by insects
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
charcoal; charred remains