to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
beforehand; in advance; previously
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
number of households (houses)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
small number; few; minority
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to live; to reside; to inhabit
high ground; plateau; heights
founder; originator; pioneer
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
pasture; grassland; meadow
reason; cause; circumstances
the same; the said; likewise
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
to have an eye on; to zero in on
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
to hold fast; to protect to the end
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period