center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
funeral; burial; condolence
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
house; dwelling; human habitation
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to be out of; to have no more at hand
mountain road; mountain trail
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
intention; plan; purpose; belief; assumption; thought
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
have to do; must; should; ought to
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
an inch ahead; the immediate future
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
supreme; greatest; highest; best