to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
hokora; small wayside shrine
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to clap one's hands in prayer
to appease; to suppress; to calm
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
invisibly; secretly; privately
with a start; with a jump
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
as a child; when one was a child
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
not necessarily so; is not always true
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
long time; long interval; for quite some time