coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
remains; corpse; (dead) body
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
just the other day; quite recently
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
although I say; although one might say; although called
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
this and that; various things
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)