owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
scattered; separated; dispersed
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
extremely dangerous; full of peril
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
distant place; faraway location; far away
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
in proportion to; according to; depending on
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
way of speaking; intimation
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
stone construction; stone-built; (made of) stone
hokora; small wayside shrine
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
nobori; long, narrow banner attached to a pole on one side and a horizontal rod along the top; Boys' Day nobori; carp streamer
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
round; circular; spherical
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
stone throwing; (throwing) stone
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
narrator; storyteller; reciter
souvenir store; gift shop
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
bulk buying; buying in quantity; stocking up (on)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry