clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
two times; twice; two degrees
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
almost; roughly; approximately
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to look old; to appear mature (e.g. of children)
seven (long cylindrical things)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
every place; various places
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
woman; female; feminine gender
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
worshipper; pilgrim; visitor to temple or shrine
at that time; in those days
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts