utmost limits; extremity; limit
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to rise; to erect; to get up
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
cleavage (between breasts)
air hole; windhole; ventilator
if you think about it; come to think of it
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
(head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
school nurse; nurse-teacher; health teacher
job; work; duties; trade; skill
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
reopening; resumption; restarting
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
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.)
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)