taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
highway route (Edo period); main route
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
far away in the distance; in the far distance
(Russian) maritime provinces
incessant; uninterrupted; continuous
one large ...; a great ...
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
such; like that; that sort of; very
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!