can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to raise one's voice; to shout
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to shed light; to cast light
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
preparations for a journey
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
traffic; coming and going; highway
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
half a ri (distance measure)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
night mooring (for a boat); sleeping away for the night (esp. in a red light district)
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
land route; overland route; by land; overland
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity
Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
somehow; for some reason or other
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)