three; three years of age
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
here and there; in places
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to shed light; to cast light
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; bizarre; strange
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself