to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
rather than; more ... than ...
already; now; no longer; not any more
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
10th day of the month; ten days
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to keep standing; to stand motionless
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague