agrarian community; farming area; farming region
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
burning off a field (in early spring)
to kill by burning to death
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to take; to catch; to capture
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
colour; color; hue; tints
(in) his way; peculiar to him
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
ambitious; motivated; willful
to that degree; to that extent; that much
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
trembling from fear; trembling all over
face contorted and about to cry
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
it's not like; it isn't as if
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to shake off; to throw off
power; might; authority; influence
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow