previous ruler; ancestors
decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
next; secondly; subsequently
like this; this sort; this way
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
reasonable thing; natural thing
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
opposite bank; farther shore
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
fluttering (flag, etc.); flapping; waving
books returned unsold; books returned to the library
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
that is to say; so that means
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
scale; scope; plan; structure
shellfish; seashell; shell
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
mist over a body of water; spray; suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial
to begin (doing); to start (doing)