the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
adds force or indicates command
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
group; bunch; crowd; group
to make an appearance; to show up
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to compete with; to vie for
to set (sun); to become dark
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
ten; 10; ten years of age
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
considerably; fairly; quite