to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to feel; to sense; to experience
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
dry riverbed; river beach
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to pass (of time); to elapse
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
heat haze; shimmer of hot air