town; city; municipal; urban
to be intimate with; to befriend
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
counter for choices, options, etc.
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
personification; impersonation; embodiment
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
reading too much into (what ... says)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
same village; same town; same province
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
preparation; arrangements
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)