blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
central part; heart (of a city)
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
to tower over the surroundings
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
each house; every house; many houses
to crouch; to squat; to cower
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
military campaign; battle; war
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
town; city; municipal; urban
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
right of succession; right to the throne
at that time; in those days
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
no, not like that (but like this)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor