favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
5th day of the month; five days
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
danger; peril; hazard; risk
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
care; precaution; guarding; caution
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be exposed to wind; to (go out to) get some air
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
each time it happens; at all such times
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
mountain range; mountain belt