connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
successor; replacement; second wife
being up to the person himself
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to be expensive; to be costly
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
to congratulate; to wish (someone) well; to celebrate
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
eternal recurrence; eternal return
free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade
January; first month of the lunar calendar
easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
mountain range; mountain belt
basin (e.g. between mountains)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
northern part; the north (of a region)
village; hamlet; countryside; country
tourist; traveler; traveller; visitor
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
good humour (humor); good mood
Rus' (old name of Russia)