to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
care; precaution; guarding; caution
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
next term; next period; next version; next release
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
young noblewoman; princess
to pass (of time); to elapse
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe