to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
just managing; with great difficulty
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
precipice; cliff; flat head
decision; judgment; resolution
Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)
Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to face; to go towards; to head towards
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
bento; Japanese box lunch
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
mutual aid or credit finance company
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
legislative bill; measure; agenda item
progress; advance; making (good) progress
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
looking everywhere; looking in all four directions; neighborhood; vicinity
to recollect; to remember; to imagine; to guess; (arch.) to admire (e.g. beauty); (arch.) to praise
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
to find out; to discover; to locate
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
three times; thrice; third (interval)