to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
appearance; air; mien; getup
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
very much; exceedingly; extremely
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
for example; for instance; e.g.
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
don't you think?; indicates question
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
traffic; coming and going; highway
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a