thereupon; shortly thereafter
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
street; quarter; district; area
story; tale; talk; discussion
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
royal capital; imperial capital
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to become fraught with emotion
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
two (long cylindrical things)
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
(about) medium; middle; average
scale; scope; plan; structure
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall