origin; source; beginning; starting point
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
mountain road; mountain trail
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
isolation; being alone; being friendless
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
visual hallucination; vision
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
such; like that; that sort of; very
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
adds force or indicates command