isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to (a place); until (a time)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
floor heating; underfloor heating
being fully equipped; being fully furnished; complete
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
historical; traditional; historic
personality; style; appearance
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
ancestor; forefather; foremother
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected