to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
corridor; hallway; passageway
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
secret information; intelligence
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
still; even now; to this day
grasp; catch; understanding
three; three years of age
to serve; to work for; to attend
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
general; popular; common; typical
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)