remote mountain; mountain recesses
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
(how) many times; (how) often
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
finish; completion; the end
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to become completely chilled
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; a long time ago
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
head prostitute (of a brothel); leader of a group of friends; best of its kind; something without rival
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
last line of a poem; finally
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
10th day of the month; ten days
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all