role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
isolation; being alone; being friendless
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to encamp; to take up positions
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
slight; insignificant; small
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
important duty; heavy responsibility; responsible post; reappointment
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
many nights; hundred nights
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
fidelity to one's principles
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed