affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
blazing heat; scorching sun
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
look!; there!; here!; that is
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
of course; certainly; naturally
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
Saitama (city, prefecture)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
addition; increase; Canada
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university