black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
destruction; collapse; crumbling
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
surroundings; environs; circumference
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
world; society; people; the public
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
more than usual (usu. time)
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
scenery; scene; landscape
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
commuting to school; school commute