to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to happen to hear; to overhear
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
municipal office; council; city hall
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
government worker; public servant; civil servant
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
public hall; community center; community centre
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
round shape; circle; circular form
to be erected; to be built
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
together; at the same time; same; identical
scene; view; prospect; outlook
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
and (also); both ... and; as well as
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to attempt; to test; to try out
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of