level ground; plain; flatland
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to approach; to draw near
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
stairs; stairway; staircase
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
see-through (e.g. blouse)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
full view; plain sight; completely visible
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die