mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to take; to catch; to capture
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
chilly; unpleasantly cold
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed