country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be silent; to say nothing
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
order; sequence; procedure
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
blow; shock; strike; batting
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)
superstition; superstitious belief
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
indeed; really; truly; very much