habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
watching without paying (a film, play, etc.); watching for free (e.g. on illegal streaming sites); reading for free (e.g. pirated manga)
mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range
Northern Alps (Japan); Hida Mountains
safety zone; traffic island
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
... and southward; in and to the south of ...
... and northward; in and to the north of ...
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
unprecedented; never seen before
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person; child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
one parent; single parent
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
(by) both oneself and others
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
greater than ...; bigger ...
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)