to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
northern part; the north (of a region)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to employ; to hire; to charter
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
to gather; to collect; to assemble
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
several years; a few years
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
essay on poetry; theory of poetry
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
imperial court; royal court
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding