district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
sericulture; silkworm culture; silkworm raising
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
hokora; small wayside shrine
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
people; men and women; each person; everybody
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter