gentle; mild; meek; tender
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
grandfather; male senior-citizen
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
all you have to do is; just; that's all
mountain hut (esp. one that offers lodging to climbers and hikers); mountain cottage; mountain shanty
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
here and there; everywhere
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
image; figure; figure; form; image
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
koicha; exceptionally dark, opaque matcha
to mistake (A for B); to misread
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to live; to reside; to inhabit
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
nothing but; except; no more than
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone