(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
elevated (structure); overhead
moisture; humidity; dampness
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
groundwater; underground water
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
(archaeological) remains; remnants (of ancient structures); ancient foundation
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to compose; to put together
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life