Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
same family (race, tribe)
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
again; once more; a second time
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
military family; warrior class
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
those (near the second person)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
really; truly; indeed; good grief
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
touching; moving; painful
in that way; thus; so; so?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to comfort; to console; to amuse
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
powder snow; powdery snow
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo