plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
everywhere; all over; throughout
surface of the earth; ground surface
physiology; one's period; menstruation
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
high ground; plateau; heights; highlands
right under; directly below; right beneath
(scenic) view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
from here; from this place
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
dense forest; thick forest; (arch.) May; (arch.) fifth month of the lunar calendar
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
egoma (type of perilla); Perilla frutescens var. frutescens
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
counter for birds or rabbits
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
(most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
king; sovereign; daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
just because; even if; even though
courtesy call; courtesy visit