ardent; passionate; vehement
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
funny story; funny anecdote
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to toady; to be obsequious
to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged
considerably; fairly; quite
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr; irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; (arch.) crying of a baby
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
overall victory; championship
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
situated deep in the mountains
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to differ; to vary; to disagree
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to increase; to add to; to augment
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
will not do; do not; does not
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also