to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
waste of time; killing time
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
number one; first; best; most; game; round
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
forcibly; against one's will
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
a little bit; a little while
difficult to ...; hard to ...
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
people; men and women; each person; everybody