to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
being dotted with; being scattered
in the meanwhile; during the time
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to crack; to develop a crack
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
river; stream; River; the ... river
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to take; to catch; to capture
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
source of river; fountainhead
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden