urban areas; the streets; town; city
to need; to demand; to take; to require
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
change; transition; vicissitudes
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
court (of law); courtroom
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
this (very thing); this precisely
righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
sneer; derision; scornful laugh
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to exist; to remain; to consist (in); to lie (in); to retain; to preserve
praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation
praise and censure; criticism
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
the king and his feudal lords
to speak; to say; to vocalize
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
existence; possession; having; limited company
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
intermission (between acts); interlude