large number (of); many; majority
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
a long time ago; in those days
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
war; fighting; fierce competition
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
exaltation; emotional uplift
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to feel; to sense; to experience
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
discovery; detection; finding
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
such; this sort of; like this
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
royal capital; imperial capital
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...