area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to force one's way; to push through
to shine out far and wide
remote mountain; mountain recesses
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
piece; fragment; one (object)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
broad overview; general survey
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
General Staff Headquarters
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
not a little; not a few; considerable
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
discovery; detection; finding
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
by means of; due to; because of; according to
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration