village; hamlet; countryside; country
memories; recollections; reminiscence
in order; in turn; one by one
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to dry up completely; to become stale
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
on the occasion of; at the time of
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
society; the world; the times
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
lately; recently; nowadays
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)