beginning; outset; first; onset
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
roadside tree; row of trees
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
while; during (the time when)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
(not) so much; (not) that much
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
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
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation