historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
literature; books (reference); document
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
chief vassal; senior statesman
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
interior; inside; internal
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
switching over to; migration; transition
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
love; attachment; lovesickness