to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
very much; exceedingly; extremely
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
originally; by nature; from the start
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
mountain hamlet; mountain village
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
villager; village folk; countryfolk
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake