mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to be touching; to be moving
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
one edge; one end; one side
to crumble away; to collapse
decline; one's declining fortunes; decay
to rally; to make a comeback
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
emergency; unexpectedness
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to be reminded of; to call to mind
streamlet; brooklet; rivulet
a long time (since the last time); first in a long 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)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
northern part; the north (of a region)
deserted village; poor village
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to burst (open); to break; to split
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward