distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
person of high standing, with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
infancy; childhood; tender age
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
illegal dumping; fly-tipping
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
landowner; landlord; landlady
each place; various places
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
succession; continuation; series; sequence
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
genuine; authentic; true; real
it's probably so; it stands to reason
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome