My words

土手

どて

embankment, bank, beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

這い登る

はいのぼる

to clamber, to climb with hands and feet, to crawl up, to creep up

背丈

せたけ

stature, height

密集

みっしゅう

crowd, close formation, dense

灌木

かんぼく

bush, shrub

茂み

しげみ

thicket, coppice, brushwood

陰に

いんに

invisibly, secretly, privately, implicit

絶好

ぜっこう

best, ideal, perfect

如何にも

いかにも どうにも

(not) in any way, in no way

肉薄

にくはく

come close to, closing in upon, pressing hard (on the enemy), challenge

失敬

しっけい

rudeness, saying good-bye, acting impolitely, stealing, impoliteness, disrespect, impertinence

走査

そうさ

scanning (e.g. TV), traversal

一張

いっちょう いちちょう

one pair (set) of clothes

規則正しい

きそくただしい

regular, well-regulated, systematic

小道

こみち しょうけい

path, lane, small diameter, small radius

お揃い

おそろい

same, matching, going together

濃緑色

のうりょくしょく

dark green

印章

いんしょう

stamp, seal

先に立つ

さきにたつ

to lead, to take the initiative, to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger), to be most essential

前衛

ぜんえい

advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde (e.g. music)

斧槍

Fusō

ax spear

降る

ふる

to precipitate, to fall (e.g. rain)

一糸

いっし

thread, strand, string

一糸乱れず

いっしみだれず

in perfect order

察し

さっし

consideration guess conjecture judgment judgement

敵対的

Tekitai-teki

hostile

熱心

ねっしん

zeal enthusiasm

推進

すいしん

propulsion drive promotion (eg of a government policy) furtherance implementation

過激

かげき

extreme radical

本拠

ほんきょ

stronghold inner citadel base headquarters