gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
chilly; unpleasantly cold
dawn; daybreak; beginning
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
konara oak (Quercus serrata); pin oak
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
older sister; lass; young lady
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
cutting into thin round slices; cutting across; slicing
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
drone beetle (Pseudotorynorrhina japonica); scarab beetle
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
small; fine; detailed; stingy
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
(inedible) midgut gland of a scallop
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
reaching; attaining; arrival
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
does not; can not; will not
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lose one's footing; to slip