weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
school building; schoolhouse
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
corridor; hallway; passageway
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
only recently; just of late
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
stairs; stairway; staircase
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
covert action; covert operations
feeling; sense; impression
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
thereupon; shortly thereafter