vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
persistence; single-mindedness
threat; intimidation; menace
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
PEN club; club for poets, play-wrights, essayists, editors, novelists
day or date of an invitation
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
opening a business; opening a practice
the first and second; a few
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts