home area; home town; local
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
powerful family; powerful clan
everywhere; all over; throughout
hokora; small wayside shrine
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
to laugh away; to laugh off
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
such; like that; in that way
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
righteousness; justice; right
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
please; somehow or other; one way or another
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
spine; backbone; spinal column
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set