diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
divining sticks; counting; calculation
counter for things inside a bag
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
protection against wind; Saposhnikovia divaricata (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine); Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
(another person's) younger sister
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
reddish-brown; yellowish-brown; persimmon color
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
drifting; drift; being adrift
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
high mountain; lofty peak
fields (of rice and other crops)