town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to look mad; to act nuts; to seem crazy
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
absolutely; positively; decidedly
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another
sidelocks; hair at the temples
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
pessimism due to decadent-age theory
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
(picture) frame; architrave (of a door, window, etc.)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
the bottom of one's heart