eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to become muddy; to become slushy
to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
dish towel; tea towel; dishcloth
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
stepwise; one step at a time
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
to die; (lit.) to become earth
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
echo; echo; ultrasound (scan); Echo
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
auto-hypnosis; self-hypnosis; self-induced hypnotism
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
mask; striking the head (kendo)
to leap back; to jump back