tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
living thing; organism; creature; biology
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
length (of an animal); body length
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
calm; composed; cool; quiet
five (long cylindrical things)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
grove of the village shrine
to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
family; relatives; dependents; household
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to distribute; to hand out
death from prostration; death from emaciation
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
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