town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
municipal railway; city streetcar; tram
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
breath; breathing; tone; mood
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
many; much; plenty; hardly
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
son and heir; son who will succeed one
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt