to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
personal affair; one's own affair
toast; congratulatory cup
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
bad news; news of a death; death notice
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
three generations; three periods; third generation
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
keen eye; sharp eye; keen insight; keen perception
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality