to lay out (a futon); to make (bed); to spread out; to postpone; to extend
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
outcast; odd man out; pariah
in comparison to; rather than
to be touching; to be moving
last night; yesterday evening
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
snake; serpent; large snake
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
larger section (of village)
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
name; given name; first name