frivolity;  levity;  shallowness;  superficiality
 fashion;  trend;  vogue;  prevalence (of a disease);  epidemic
 to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.);  to get in;  to get on (e.g. a footstool);  to step on;  to reach;  to go over;  to follow
 to have been decided (so) that;  to have been arranged (so) that;  to be the result (of);  to be the outcome;  to be the reason (for)
 win;  victory;  beautiful scenery;  scenic spot;  counter for wins
 honorific/polite/humble prefix;  honorific suffix
 claim;  insistence;  assertion;  advocacy;  emphasis;  contention
 it is ... that ...;  precisely;  although;  while;  it is precisely because ... that ...;  only because ...
 country;  state;  region;  national government;  central government;  home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.)  province (of Japan)
 to maintain itself;  to last;  to make itself pay;  to make a living;  to keep going
 road;  path;  route;  way;  distance;  journey;  road (e.g. to victory)
 to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
 one's future;  one's fate;  one's way;  one's path
 to fear;  to doubt;  to have misgivings about;  to worry about;  to be anxious about;  to be apprehensive about
 used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
 in order to (e.g. meet goal);  so that;  take care (so as);  hoping or wishing for something
 dangerous;  unsettled;  troubled;  disturbed;  insecure
 to be affected;  to be influenced;  to be concerned with;  to have to do with;  to stick to (opinions)
 one's last moment;  one's death;  one's end
 father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
 promise;  agreement;  arrangement;  something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag);  typical or clichéd development (in a story);  something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
 no matter what;  whatever happens;  in any situation;  rain or shine
 to hold fast;  to protect to the end
 any;  anything;  whatever;  I am told;  I hear;  I understand
 lost article;  something forgotten
 suffix appended to somebody else's family members
 eye;  eyeball;  eyesight;  sight;  look;  stare;  notice
 to come together;  to merge;  to fit;  to match;  to be profitable;  to be equitable
 river;  stream;  River;  the ... river
 again;  once more;  also;  too;  on the other hand;  while;  and
 sudden;  abrupt;  urgent;  pressing;  steep;  sharp;  rapid
 sometime;  someday;  one day;  some time or other;  the other day;  in due course
 maliciousness;  ill will;  noxious gas; (arch.)  (vengeful) ghost; (arch.)  specter
 expressly;  especially;  taking the trouble (to do);  intentionally;  deliberately
 trouble;  hardship;  difficulty;  anxiety;  worry;  concern
 et cetera;  etc.;  and the like;  and so forth
 to separate;  to part;  to divide;  to keep apart