relatively; comparatively
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
chair; stool; post; office; position
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
event; phenomenon; matter
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
being under the rule of; being under the government of
otherwise; or else; if not
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
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
to anticipate; to foresee
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit