thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
many; much; plenty; hardly
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
beyond that point; after that
scenery; scene; landscape
continuation; succession; series; continuous
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to stop walking; to pause
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
surname; family name; last name
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan