pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
one thin flat object; one sheet
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
damp; moist (negative nuance)
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
pardon; remission; amnesty
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to understand from experience
inn town; post town; post-station town
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
endless; boundless; everlasting
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...