to seek a path; to find one's way
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
river management; river improvement; flood control
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
decapitated head of an enemy
to give; to do (something) for
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to speak; to say; to vocalize
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to lend an ear to; to listen to
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
waterfall; cataract; cascade
the opposite direction; the other way
shudder; shiver; agitation
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
praying for the coming of a deity; ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location
drawing red lines; red lines on maps marking town limits (Edo period); (arch.) red lines marking nouns in kanbun texts