charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
of course; certainly; naturally
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
preliminary investigation
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
head start; initiative; preemption
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
remark; statement; discourse
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
several hundred; hundreds (of)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
along the river; riverside
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding