growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
3000; three thousand; many
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to differ (in); to have different ...; to be different (in terms of ...)
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
deity of rice fields and harvests
two times; twice; two degrees
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
boy; (male) servant; bastard; bitch; you
river; stream; River; the ... river
... and eastward; in and to the east of ...
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
to swarm; to crowd; to flock together
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils
to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
forest; woodland; woods; area of dense woody vegetation
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
westward trip; trip to the West
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)
all night; throughout the night
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching