place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
natural; reasonable; understandable
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
without; unless; have to do
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
this country; our country
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
have to do; must; should; ought to
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for