to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
large hanging paper lantern
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
a few years ago; some years back
great war; great battle; world war
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
gathering; place where people gather; (arch.) police station; (arch.) camp; (arch.) barracks
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)