grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
heather (plant); heath; heath; heathland
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
notice; attention; observation
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
order of chivalry; chivalric order
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
root; source; origin; cause
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
if so; in that case; in that situation
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
counter for books; volume
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
prejudice; bias; distorted view