(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
monetary offering; offertory
to blow through; to blow across
roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits
crowding together; grouping together; swarming; crowd; group; swarm
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
at first; in the beginning; originally
historic spot; historic remains; ruins
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
not long has passed since ...
to be too late; to be too slow
to arrive; to come to pass
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
vague recollection; faint memory
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance