old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
to be found; to be discovered
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
the other day; lately; recently
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)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house
at that time; in those days
first generation; founder
suddenly; all of a sudden
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
each nation; many nations; many countries
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to play a central role; to take a leading part
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on