mutual aid or credit finance company
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
legislative bill; measure; agenda item
progress; being under way
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
looking everywhere; looking in all four directions; neighborhood; vicinity
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
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
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
issue; offspring; paternal blood
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
follower; attendant; valet; servant
traveling; travelling; traveler; traveller
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
number of persons; personnel
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
bodyguard (of a noble or high-ranking official); guard; attendant; aide; statues of guards that flank the gate of a shrine
assorted colors; assorted colours
Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto
outing; excursion; pleasure trip; going on a picnic
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
samurai; warrior; military family