painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
to grow taller (of people)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to step forward; to volunteer
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
right beside; close to; nearby
long ago; already; a long time ago
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that