escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
fertile; rich; productive
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to thrust before; to thrust at
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
trio; gang of three; threesome
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
to continue to rain or snow
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
study; diligence; discount; reduction
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to make merry; to be festive
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
archipelago; group of islands
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
beach hut; beachside clubhouse
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it