blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
the whole day; all the day
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
musical composition; tune
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
(not) even once; (not) ever
to try to be reconciled (with); to take measures to bring about reconciliation
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
and so; therefore; for that reason
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
the right person in the right place
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China
provincial official (under the ritsuryō system; esp. a governor)
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
agricultural land; farmland