standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to shake; to sway; to waver
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
completely; fully; entirely
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
passage; path; route; one's way
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
phantom; vision; illusion
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
contrived; false-sounding
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
unglazed pottery; bisque; bisque firing; seafood grilled without seasoning
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to compose; to put together
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)