thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to look away; to avert one's eyes
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
overall victory; championship
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
hotel voucher; accommodation voucher
knowing; (an) acquaintance
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
National Museum of Western Art
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
lot (production); batch; lotto
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
wise saying; famous saying
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
way of reciting; way of telling a story
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to crowd; to flock; to swarm