ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
several hundred; hundreds (of)
progress; advance; improvement; development
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
not understanding; not knowing
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
experiment; experimentation
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
storage space (esp. in a home)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to fly around; to scatter
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
mental; spiritual; emotional
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section