old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
inn town; post town; post-station town
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
highway route (Edo period); main route
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
deserted village; poor village
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
great war; great battle; world war
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)