attendance (at a meeting)
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
sorrowful wind; melancholy wind; dreary wind
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
how; in what way; how about; questionable
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
enemy territory; hostile place
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
person who lives on the water
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
water's edge; waterside; shore
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
reward; prize; bonus; praise
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce