to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
police; police officer; police station
arrest; custody; seduction; abduction
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
clearly; distinctly; vividly
scene; spectacle; sight; view
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
calamity; misfortune; disaster
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
rousing (courage, morale, etc.); encouragement; advocacy; promotion (of a belief); encouragement
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
influence (on someone); inspiration
to gain fame; to make one's name
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
anyone; any person; whoever
suddenly; all at once; flaring up (in anger); in a flare
piece; fragment; one (object)
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
three generations; three periods; third generation
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk