annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
if so; in that case; in that situation
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
fields (of rice and other crops)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
moment; brief space of time
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant