hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
one's birthplace; one's native place
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
festival; feast; carnival
service for the benefit of suffering spirits
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
site; point on a map; spot
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
such; this sort of; like this
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
certainly; surely; definitely
I see; that's right; indeed
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
reality; actuality; hard fact
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
stone (used for throwing)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict