place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
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
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
environment; circumstance
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
two (long cylindrical things)
ramification; branching off
pine needle; small gift; souvenir
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in