to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
construction; establishment
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
village headman; village mayor
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
apparent; obvious; very clear
even though; despite; when
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
outside world; physical world
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares