to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
level ground; plain; flatland
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
topography; geographical features
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to stretch; to extend; to gain influence; to become stronger; to go further; to extend one's journey; to smooth out
tea house; wayside tea stall; coffee shop; kissaten
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
indolence; laziness; sloth
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to breed (e.g. maggots); to let breed
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount