to be needed; to be wanted
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
head of family; originator
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
river management; river improvement; flood control
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
one's later years; final years (in life)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
first generation; founder
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date