surroundings; environs; circumference
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
massing (of troops); gathering
Chris; Kris; Kriss; Kurisu
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
literary woman; talented woman
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to gather; to collect; to assemble
like this; this sort; this way
boisterous merrymaking; racket; spree
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to repeat; to do something over again
curiosity; inquisitiveness
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite