wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
hard to reach place; remote place
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
field; plain; prairie; moor
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
horizon (related to land)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
influence; clout; leverage
to be enchanted; to be charmed
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
living thing; living creature; animal; life