popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to throw oneself (into an activity)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
letter; missive; note; mail
older sister; elder sister
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to