to reach an impasse or deadlock
hardships; privations; difficulties
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
fifth day of the month; five days
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
here and there; everywhere
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
public holiday; celebration (of)
waterfall from a high place
being bombed; being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast)
mountain stream; mountain torrent
exposure to the sun; sunny place
selection; choice; option
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
indirection; indirectness
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
source of river; fountainhead
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
moat; fosse; trench; ditch
carving; engraving; chiselled features
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary