to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
our country; our land; one's own country
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
thousand years; very long period; forever
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
way; method; means; resource; course
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
to have an eye on; to zero in on
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
frequent; densely packed; thick
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)