present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
glad countenance; joyful look
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
housewarming gift; housewarming
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
outside world; physical world
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
right angle; perpendicular
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
bungalow; one-story house
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to set adrift; to let loose; to cut loose
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group