preparations for a journey
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
beforehand; in advance; previously
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
again (and again); once again; yet again
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
out of character; unlike one
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
without; unless; have to do
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)