to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
battlefield; battleground
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
hills and fields; hill and dale
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
death in battle; death on the battlefield
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to cease; to stop; to be over
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to become pale; to turn pale
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
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