hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
master; teacher; stable master
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
fields (of rice and other crops)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
grove of the village shrine
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
how many people; a number of people