to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
home area; home town; local
powerful family; powerful clan
everywhere; all over; throughout
hokora; small wayside shrine
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
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 person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
such; like that; in that way
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; 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 summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
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 ...); (someone'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; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to say; to tell; to state; to do